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Hot on the heels of Rilo
Kiley’s More Adventurous, tireless
multi-tasker Blake Sennett is back, serving up a bright, pristinely polished dose
of atmospheric country on the Elected’s sophomore effort, the appropriately
titled Sun, Sun, Sun. Featuring a fuller,
more cohesive sound than 2003’s Me First,
this 14-track collection is awash with dreamy slide guitars, languid piano
riffs and stacked harmonies, all seamlessly interwoven in Sennett’s mix of breezy
ballads. If his saccharine-heavy tributes to the majesty of love (“It Was Love,”
“I’ll Be Your Man”) seem a bit precious, he can be forgiven. Sun, Sun, Sun is
perhaps a little too cute for its own good, but its richly textured
soundscapes and bouncing melodies are hard to resist.
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