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Joe Rathbone, I Can Hear the Windows of Your Heart Breaking

By Drew Pearce

“Learning to fly / Dipping a wing in the ocean / No, you’re not high . . . Your heart is finally in motion,” Joe Rathbone sings in the opening track of his second album. Over waves of distorted guitar chords, his falsetto vocal melody glides along as gracefully as the gull described in the lyrics. On the instrumental break, cello and guitar lines follow and circle each other like birds in formation, giving a subtle new dimension to the words. Throughout this CD, Rathbone shows a remarkable knack for this kind of synergistic songcraft. The arrangements are taut yet spacious, occasionally dressed up with masterful cello work by coproducer David Henry, and the recording eschews flashy studio gimmicks; it simply lets you inside the songs and leaves you humming the choruses, especially on cuts like the title track and “Lookin’ for Me.” Most importantly, it captures key sonic details, such as the crack of the snare and the crunchy tone of Rathbone’s Gibson ES-125, edging the songs toward the rock side of folk-rock. (Zakz, www.joerathbone.com)

This article also appears in Acoustic Guitar, Issue #148

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