Catbird Seat very casually dropped Jacob Borshard (My Space) in our virtual lap last week. Maybe there are hundreds of guys playing this “ukele bedroom pop” but I suspect it’s more like a small handfull. You’d think Jonathan Richman would have said it all and the book would be closed on this genre but as you’ll hear below (and over on Swedesplease) it’s alive and kicking.
Here’s a song in two parts from his new record The Last Brontosaurus as well as one from his first album Songs For A Small Stereo.