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DANIEL GANNAWAY: Darling One Year

Although this album is somewhat avant-garde, it's not in the 'huh?' kind of way that leaves you scratching your head in confusion. Falling in the category of Indie folk-rock to a certain extent, this is music that carves out its own flavour, sometimes morphing genres within one song. Instrumentation centres around Gannaway's capable acoustic guitar, augmented by Mike Brennan's bass, and drums and loops by Stan Leboy providing a passing nod of acknowledgement to the grooves of electronica. Although something of an international effort (London and Amsterdam feature in the credits), Auckland's West Coast (muse of many) namely Muriwai beach gets a mention. The lyrical matter covers an array of topics, ranging from the standard relationships, to the blight of student debt in the not-at-all-enigmatically titled Student Debt Sucks. While standing proud as "truly independent music", 'Darling One Year' doesn't compromise in production quality, and what has resulted, is a well crafted album that takes some innovative and unexpected turns. Further info from trulyindependent@hotmail.com

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