I wrote about Andrew Phillip Tipton way back when. He’s an anti-folk superstar (on the nyc subway platforms at least). His new record is called the Champion of Love and features a bit more robust sound as Phillip’s simple guitar strums have been supplemented with cello, percussion and electric guitar.
These songs combine the drug addled delusional rock of Daniel Johnston with the simple mindedness of Jonathan Richman. And if that’s not something you can get behind than I don’t know what else to say. The new record comes out June 13 on Big No One Records.
P.S. I’ll be posting infrequently this week as I leave for Sweden in a few hours. Any posts I do throw up will be more travelogue than mp3 blog. But I will be attending Hultsfred Festival where I hope to catch Kathleen Edwards and Rufus Wainwright. So perhaps I’ll be reviewing those. Wish me luck!?