Adam Adam

It doesn’t seem possible that anyone could put a new spin on the
Americana thing, but with this latest offering from Adam Adam, that
notion can be put to rest. Part folk, part Americana and part
experimental lo-fi, these three songs explore new territories in each.
Recalling the bleakest, most rustic moments of 16 Horsepower, “Black
Mountain (Sore Tooth)” is hauntingly dark, like a sepia-toned
lithograph depicting a stark, lonely scene, while “Monster Monster” is
a candlelit pop song that could have been written in a nineteenth
century mining camp to stave away boredom while a winter storm rages
outside. “Sleepers Sleep” ends on an upbeat, rather than desperate,
note and sounds like an archaic take on indie pop without foreknowledge
of such a thing.