Ian McGlynn - Tomorrow's Taken
Label: Bailey Park Records
Style: Singer/Songwriter, Pop
Released: 2004
My Grade: 4.5 stars
AMG: n/a
Sounds like: Dolour, Ben Folds, Beck

I have started and stopped this review more times then I care to admit, it is almost a struggle for me to put into words how I feel about Tomorrow's Taken because it is one of those albums that blew me away.

The music is nothing innovative, nothing new, and yet it flows and spreads out, consuming my ears in the simple beauty that singer/songwriter Ian McGlynn has created. The entire album is a blast of fresh air for a genre that badly needs it.

There is no truly standout track on this near masterpiece, but "Be My Guide" stands as my favorite song, with a slowly building, immediate beat to it, and hushed vocals that seem to guide it on a narrow path to whatever end...it has everything needed to be a radio hit.

I don't have much more to say, or more appropriately, I don't have the words I need to say what I think about this album. The best I can do is call this a near perfect example of pop music. Read my interview with him, that might explain things a little better.

Reviewed by: Samuel Aaron