Australia brings us the incomparable Darren Hanlon today, who is about to release his third (!) full length album. I'll have to plead guilty to having never heard of him before this latest one I'm afraid. But that's just a small matter of triviality as this album and its first single will have you singing along with Mr. Hanlon in no time, whether you've known him for years or just now discovering him. The title of his latest oeuvre is Fingertips and Mountaintops and it is a success on all levels so far as my ears can hear, lol. It is fairly typical singer songwriter fare, but with a slightly off-kilter goofiness at times that makes the album more enjoyable than some of the usual snoozers one finds in this category. Mr. Hanlon also has help from a number of more well-known (at least to me, lol) guests on his latest, including Jesse Sandoval (The Shins), Katy Davidson (Dear Nora), Mark Monnone (The Lucksmiths), Cory Gray (Desert City Soundtrack) and Lenka Kripac (Decoder Ring). That should more than cover any doubts anyone has as to how good this is with those names alone! Here's my favorite so far from the album, Happiness is a Chemical:
MP3: Darren Hanlon - Happiness is a Chemical
Check his Myspace for a track from each of his previous albums, and of course, visit his homepage.
And so you can see some of the goofiness I spoke of earlier, the video for the same song:
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