New Music | Kevin Long - Small Town Talk

In The Nick Of Time by Kevin Long

I’ve got a favorite new hobby. It’s hanging out on Bandcamp and searching for new music under tags such as ‘Folk’ and ‘Seattle’. And in doing so I stumbled across Kevin Long’s page for his new LP Small Town Talk. I was immediately blown away by the first track Home Town Remedy. Long’s voice is so crisp and clear, that it was instantly likeable. And as I read on about the album, I recognized another name, Seattle’s own master mixer/sound engineer Kory Kruckenberg, who mixed Long’s album. It seems that if Kruckenberg is involved, the music’s bound to be great (see: Pickwick and Kris Orlowski).

And as I listened to more of the album, I found out that Long had literally posted it two hours prior. Long wrote the songs in the last seven years, living in his hometown Spokane, in Seattle and San Francisco. These are songs about small towns, lost loves and addiction. And with every listen, you’ll hear something new. There are times when the melodies combine with Long’s voice to create a sound that only a young James Taylor could have made up. On In The Nick of Time, Long’s harmony sounds makes the song sound like

a gem that only the Moondoggies could have imagined.

This album really is great from the first listen, but gets better every time after as well. You can download Kevin

Long’s album Small Town Talk here. As an extra bonus, Kevin recently recorded a cover of Pickwick’s When Rosa Speaks and it is also absolutely amazing. You can grab that track for free here.