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Big Apple bard Matthew Daniel Siskin - aka Gambles - is an acoustic folk singer-songwriter. Now, while that might normally set off big Jack Johnson-shaped alarm bells, don't fret, as Siskin is of a different ilk. Channelling dusty Southern US Americana and '60s greats such as Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan, Siskin exposes the world to a different kind of folk revival, in a zeitgeist populated by Mumford Incorporated-alikes and/or Bon Iver style symphonic folk. This is barebones, skeletal music - just one man bearing a guitar and a few choice beliefs.

The debut from Siskin - entitled Trust - careens between a multitude of tones. The timbre is always relatively similar, after all, there's only so many ways you can twirl a voice and a guitar and still get folk, but even so, Siskin manages with an apparent ease to conjure a bouquet of varying sounds. Dynamics play a lead role in his music; sometimes, as is true on 'Animal', it's achingly quiet, forcing you to lean in and listen close, but other times, like on 'Angel', he croons to the rafters, singing into infinity. The other main way he ensures your attention doesn't waver is via his narratives, characters and lyrics.


Verenigde Staten
Folk
Label: GMBLS


1. Angel (03:14)
2. Rooftops (03:01)
3. So I Cry Out (04:54)
4. Safe Side (02:48)
5. Trust (02:18)
6. New York (02:47)
7. Schemes (02:15)
8. Penny for a Grave (03:36)
9. Clear (03:44)
10. 265 (04:27)
11. California (02:42)
12. You Are Truth (04:04)
13. Animal (04:04)