Customer Reviews

New Deal

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Most of the songs on this album are beautifully thought out and performed. Songs like "Infinite Combinations" and "Cupid and Prycho" are gems that reveal the unique universe of singer-songwriting. The production is understated which suits most of the material but in some places is rather dry. Wes communicates a personal and engaging sense of the world that is somehow soothing and compelling.

May be the best singer songwriter of the past 40 years. Check out his song "I'm Wrong About Everything", on "The Confessions Of St. Ace". He has the best insight into relationships between men and women.

Wes really found a great balance with this one. No disappointments!

I think I've heard them all or close and this is definitely my favorite! Beautiful, sometimes eerie songs with gorgeous melodies and harmonies. Wes may not sing like Celine Dion (and thank god for that) but I think they are extremely emotional. Wes seems to write with great subtlety - sometimes fun, sometimes critical and sometimes heartbreaking and lonely. Its a softer album like Swings and Roundabouts or Why We Fight and I find the songs on this album haunt me for days and draw me back for further listening.

I think I've heard them all or close and this is definitely my favorite! Beautiful, sometimes eerie songs with gorgeous melodies and harmonies. Wes may not sing like Celine Dion (and thank god for that) but I think they are extremely emotional. Wes seems to write with great subtlety - sometimes fun, sometimes critical and sometimes heartbreakingly lonely. New Deal is a softer album like Swings and Roundabouts or Why We Fight and I find the songs haunt me for days and draw me back for further listening.

I find myself nodding to the rhythm of Harding's pleasant melodies, and occasionally humming along, but it's just not memorable. Songs meander along, finding there way to an eventual end, but they are nothing more than a mild diversion. I realize as I write this, I couldn't summarize one of these songs a day after I've heard it. One song blends into another; he creates an overall feeling of competence and professionalism, but I find the songs lacking in true emotion. Nothing wrong with that, but I want so much more from music. (I also had trouble with his rhyming "insecure" with "manure" ouch!)