The Skeleton Blues

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  2006

  James

  The album moves with the uneasy logic of late-night thinking, where memories, regrets, and stray observations blur together into something painfully coherent. Simon Joyner writes with remarkable specificity, but his songs never feel neatly resolved; they linger in uncertainty and emotional contradiction. The sparse arrangements leave plenty of empty space around the words, which only sharpens their impact. It’s folk music that refuses comfort without ever becoming cold or performatively bleak.