Hell as frozen over.. and the sun's turned black.
A Few Words on Ray LaMontagne.

It's very rare for something like this to happen.. I put on a record.. and instantly enjoy it.. not caring about it's flaws, downsides, or any other disappointing feature. From the first minutes of listening to Ray LaMontagne's second studio album "'Till the sun turns black".. I was instantly hooked. There is something about his voice; that visceral "from the gut" sound that captures you, and sends you directly into Ray's train of thought at that particular moment in time. Although on this record, which differs from it's predecessor "Trouble" Ray introduces a horn and string section, to which some would have thought to have brought too much of a foreign atmosphere to Ray's normally simplistic approach to recording, and downplay the most important feature of Ray's brilliance; His voice. However throughout the records 11 song sequence, Ray's voice is the most crucial element, and is only complimented by the eloquently placed sections of horn and strings. Ray's abilities as a singer/songwriter have been seemingly nourished since the hiatus period between "Trouble" and "Till the sun turns black."  ¶ 10:54 AM 0 comments