Goodnight Unknown
On his second solo album under his own name, the indie rock veteran does a little of everything he does well and improves on his last outing, Emoh.
In the years since Lou Barlow’s 2005 solo album EMOH, the indie-rock godfather has toured with his old bands Sebadoh and Dinosaur Jr., recorded two superb LPs with the latter, and has seen his early Sebadoh albums re-released in deluxe editions. So it’s understandable that Barlow’s new solo release, Goodnight Unknown,…
It's been close to a quarter-century since Lou Barlow became the uncrowned king of the lo-fi revolution thanks to his early recordings with Sebadoh, but while in 2009 he has a number of gifted musicians on hand to help him, and a professional recording studio at his disposal, Goodnight Unknown shows his songwriting style and musical direction has remained remarkably consistent with the passage of time.