Music Review: Dan Arborise - Around in Circles

Very deep down almost everyone has one song by a romantic folksy type that they love; everyone has at least one album by someone who may live in the woods. Though admittedly the briefest whisper of the suggestion of sitting through a cascade of Nick Drake songs saps my will to live.

Dan Arborise, according to one reviewer mentioned on his website, 'lives in a barn and grows his own vegetables'. It's not quite the woods, but the whole album is a beautiful, beautiful creation that you can just drift away with. As a musician he's relaxed and melodic with a beguiling guitar; his voice is as pure as organic water bottled in leaves and his songs flow like smoke from a summer beach barbecue. This album has a flavour of summer and warm measure of comfort but enough variation from the usual folk norm to keep it interesting and enough heartfelt honesty to make it accessible than more that just the usual audience of jumper wearing hippies.

What more can I say: I am absolutely in love with Around in Circles and I'm looking forward to it standing me in good stead for a long while to come... I;m also revising to it too, for the information of those who may be concerned.

Around in Circles came out in 2006, and he's a new album out sometime this year. He makes some of the most perfect music I have heard for ages; winsome, romantic and ....oh, just go get it, really! 9/10