I’m on vacation in the Keys so this post is not getting the attention it deserves from me but I hope that won’t hinder you from giving it all of your attention and focus. Cam Penner has a new record out called Gypsy Summer that immediately struck me as both more personal and more accessible than his terrific 2009 release Trouble and Mercy (wrote about it here). I was happy to see that Cam himself feels the same way when he stated:
“Gypsy Summer is a rich contrast to the defiant stripped down sensibilities of 2009′s Trouble & Mercy. It is a more personal affair…almost confessional. With Gypsy Summer, Cam continues to successfully roam from his comfort zone.”
The song “Driftwood” repeats the mantra “It’s going to get worse, It’s going to get better.” It’s that mix of the negative and the positive that I hear in the slightly melancholy and at times uplifting musical accompaniment on “Driftwood”. This song and I expect others on the record are more fleshed out than previous work, giving Cam a wider tablet of colors and textures to work with.
The new record can be purchased here through CDBaby.
