With his second release Leveler Burd Early gives us a collection of slower and more mature songs than those found on his 2002 release Magnet Mountain.  Initially each epic song appears minimal and sparse, however, over time, each song begins to reveal its lush and intricate details.  Through a series of abstract vignettes the songs slowly ebb and flow, bringing to light apparitions of a girl in a bed, a cold isolated beach, or a friendship gone sour.  Thankfully, the pictures he paints aren’t agonizingly gloomy and you’ll find no self-pity in his delivery.  Instead, each song is confident, with forceful swells of sound supporting the plaintive vocals.  With each subsequent listen the layers of sound and words make themselves more clear to the listener.  The vulnerability in his naked and exposed voice will draw you in, attracted to the spectacle of a young man trying to ground  himself in a strange and unfamiliar terrain. 

listen to Phonecall Away