The Boombox Ballads

AlbumAug 14 / 201510 songs, 39m 9s
Indie Pop
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On The Boombox Ballads, Sweet Baboo wanted to explore more what it was to be a ‘Singer’ as opposed to a ‘Singer Songwriter’, a term - that to him at least - seems to have picked up some negative connotations in recent years. With that in mind, there was a tentative channeling of Harry Nilsson and latter day Scott Walker (You Got Me Time Keeping) in both his songwriting and by working with an arranger (Paul Jones) for the first time who helped him paint the most vivid accompaniments possible.

Pressing play is like swaggering into the supercalifragilisticexpialidocious section of Mary Poppins.

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Stephen Black - Sweet Baboo - is something of a luminary in the fervent Welsh music scene. His relentlessly self-deprecating stage chat and capacity for

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Review of 'The Boombox Ballads' the forthcoming release from Sweet Baboo. the full-length comes out on August 14th via Moshi Moshi Records.

Album Reviews: Sweet Baboo - The Boombox Ballads

Boombox BalladsArtist: Sweet BabooGenre: AlternativeLabel: Moshi MoshiSometimes the best songs are the most simple ones.

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