Gravenhurst

In his career to date, some strange things have been written about Gravenhurst, many of them involving the words 'Nick' and 'Drake'. His album 'Flashlight Seasons' does indeed present a delicate sounding voice and the most beautifully picked guitar. Yet, although both artists inhabit a largely pastoral setting, the landscape of 'Flashlight Seasons' is implicitly one where the birds have sharpened their beaks and creatures tread lightly with un-holstered claws. More explicitly, it's where 'the ghosts of autumn murders walk me home'. 'River Man' it ain't.