I will be totally honest; before listening to Tell Me Something Honey by Brighton, MA’s own Nathan Leigh, I had never been familiar with him or his music.

Lucky for me, this CD crossed my desk this week, and on an initial listen, I actually had the impression this was going to be a folk-type album with melancholy sounds on acoustics.

But once past that first impression is when the good things really begin to happen. His voice changes to adjust to each song, the band’s intensity increases (and includes a horn section that can’t be missed).

Leigh tailors each track to his own specifications, the end result being his own original style shining bright. He’s a great story teller who can put his words to strong musical backgrounds with ease.

Tell Me Something Honey is worth more than one listen; as a matter of fact, each time you do, this is one album that will grow more on you from the second time onward.

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 What succeeds in this album is Nathan’s awareness and use of particular elements of songwriting, arrangements, and orchestration. Those three elements really gel on this disc. Upon first listen, one may simply assume we have a folkie guy doing his melancholy thing with an acoustic guitar. As soon as you might reach the edge of yawning, the intensity, for lack of a better term, increases. His voice may change to a timbre you didn’t think he could do; the band suddenly expands within the song to include a bitchin’ horn section, string section, and more. Nathan always resets each song’s style to his own specifications, meaning he has his own sound. As a storyteller who can really put his words to music (or is music to words? I can never figure that one out.), this disc is well worth repeated listenings, each one growing more colorful than the last.

 
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