Like Red House Painters or Nick Drake, Samamidon (his alias is a mashing together of his birth name) languorously glides to his notes, in no hurry to make his point. His first full-length, 2008's ALL IS WELL, mixes together elements of static-y delta blues, lushly produced modern folk pop, and lo-fi indie rock for a lovely and surreal experience. The music can be vigorous, as on the pirouetting, tribal-infused "Little Johnny Brown," or elegiac, as on the sleepy "Prodigal Son." And Samamidon's lilting, almost slurred voice makes the whole affair all the more mesmerizing.|

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