David Baerwald, Here Comes the New Folk Underground - 46m 6s

Tracks & Durations

1. Why	4:56
2. Compassion	3:10
3. The Crash	4:43
4. Nothing's Gonna Bring Me Down	3:59
5. Bozo Weirdo Wacko Creep	3:43
6. Love #29	4:08
7. If (A Boy Whore In A Man's Jail)	4:21
8. Wondering	4:01
9. Hellbound Train	4:07
10. Me And My Girl	8:52

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Review

Following his move from Los Angeles to Austin, Texas (and to the alternative country Lost Highway label), acerbic singer-songwriter David Baerwald's third solo album sounds like a fresh start. It's been nine years since his previous release, but Baerwald's songwriting is as intelligent, edgy, and conceptually ambitious as ever. From the country harmonies and back-porch picking of "Why" through the brassy buoyancy of "Nothing's Gonna Bring Me Down," Baerwald tempers his smart-aleck tendencies with greater melodic warmth and lyrical clarity. Both "If (a Boy Whore in a Man's Jail)" and the unlisted bonus track "Little Fat Cowboy" evoke the influence of Randy Newman, while the lacerating "Love #29" and the funky underpinnings of "Bozo Weirdo Wacko Creep" suggest that the album's title is a tongue-in-cheek band name rather than a musical mission statement. Though Baerwald remains best known for his audacious debut as half of David & David on 1986's Boomtown and as a catalyst for Sheryl Crow's Tuesday Night Music Club, he's never made music that is richer or more consistently satisfying than this. --Don McLeese

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