{"id":4774,"date":"2011-05-27T17:11:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-28T00:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/?p=4774"},"modified":"2011-05-29T16:47:37","modified_gmt":"2011-05-29T23:47:37","slug":"listen-up-great-new-cd-by-t-s-brooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2011\/05\/27\/listen-up-great-new-cd-by-t-s-brooks\/","title":{"rendered":"LISTEN UP!!! Great new CD by T.S. Brooks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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T.S. Brooks
\nReacclimator<\/em><\/h3>\n

Self-Released, 2011<\/p>\n

Reviewed by Kent Manthie<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Recorded between January and February, 2011, in sunny San Diego, CA, at the House of Plenty. New songs, like ‘Spiral anymore’ and ‘When you sleep’ blend well with hitherto unrecorded live favorites ‘Ribbon’ and ‘Kelly in se.’ Quite raw, quite sparse, quite real; and only available digitally (until further notice). ~ From the artist’s download page. Editor]
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\n Out of the blue I was just turned on to this troubadour, T.S. Brooks, a native of San Diego who is currently living it up in Berlin. The album that has turned me on to him is his latest, Reacclimator<\/em>, which is his third album under his real name.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know how I could\u2019ve missed him, as eclectic and being the low-fi, neo-folk, singer-songwriter in the tradition of geniuses past such as Nick Drake, Tim Buckley and Robyn Hitchcock. But, hey, better late then never! <\/p>\n

For the past 11-12 years, Brooks has been recording records under the nom de plume, Minmae, as well as many single releases, collaborations with other like-minded bands\/artists as well as contributions to various compilation CDs. Also, during his time as Minmae he did a LOT of touring – criss-crossing North America five times as well as a multitude of gigs up and down the East & West Coasts as well as the occasional turn at some music festival, e.g., SXSW & CMJ. <\/p>\n

Reacclimator<\/em>, as was mentioned, is his third \u201csolo\u201d (?) album, a follow-up to The Spanish Years<\/em> which has been in record industry limbo for some time now, but for you need-to-hear mavens who love to hear the freshest, idiosyncratic indie workmanship, you can get to it through his MySpace page: www.myspace.com\/tsbrooks. <\/p>\n

Brooks\u2019s first album as T.S. Brooks, Tertiary Allotment is a Delightfulness <\/em> was released on San Francisco\u2019s Snowstorm music last year (2010) and it made its way around the country through that wondrous, almost-magical thing called word-of-mouth that is so crucial to getting one\u2019s indie gems to the ears of people who know where to look for such hip, new stuff and it\u2019s helped build up a cult-following for Brooks. <\/p>\n

The main groove running through the veins of Brooks\u2019s work is its sparseness: on Reacclimator<\/em> all the songs are just Brooks singing and playing acoustic guitar. But the feeling one gets from listening to these introspective, heart-felt tunes makes the quiet, folksy, almost Neil Young-like creativity, seem gigantic in its thoughtfulness and soul-baring nakedness. <\/p>\n

Of the eight songs on Reacclimator<\/em>, it\u2019s impossible to pick one or two out and say that they are the best, when each one is a creative opus in itself; it\u2019s definitely an album that is meant to be listened to all at one sitting, though not a concept album in any obvious way. But a couple tunes worth mentioning, just for one to pick up a good feel of where he\u2019s coming from include: \u201cAngel On a Pin\u201d, \u201cCalifornia Grass\u201d and \u201cLori to the Nines\u201d. <\/p>\n

T.S. Brooks should definitely be heard by those who cried when Elliott Smith snuffed it, who get lost in some of the lush beautiful acoustic melodies of Neil Young or love the low-fi bigness of Lou Barlow\u2019s superb songwriting, whether with Sebadoh or the too-short-lived Folk Implosion. Brooks is just that good, captivating and should be heard. <\/p>\n

–KM<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

T.S. Brooks Reacclimator Self-Released, 2011 Reviewed by Kent Manthie [Recorded between January and February, 2011, in sunny San Diego, CA, at the House of Plenty. 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