DOLLBOY
Further
Excursions Into The Ulu With Dollboy
It’s always a pleasure to welcome a new Dollboy album.
They’re never less than charming and Further
Excursions Into The Ulu – the fifth – is no exception.
Oliver
Cherer, Dollboy’s sole member, sets off on this expedition with ‘All Of The
Stars (Part One)’. It almost sounds of seven years ago, when freak-folk was at
its zenith; such is its quirky, homespun feel. Indeed, that vibe pops up
throughout, but it doesn’t make the album sound outdated, and never does it
cloy. This is thanks partly to the appealing voice and persona of Cherer, but
also to the way he mixes in other influences – the Kinks-y ‘No Trubba!’ and the
headtrip of ‘The Sun Will Rise’, for example, provide balance.
There’s
something very comfortable and natural about the space Dollboy occupies between
folk, psychedelic pop and AOR, and on Further
Excursions he sounds more confident than ever.
Jeanette
Leech
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