Bob Evans "Goodnight, Bull Creek!"

Bob Evans is one of those rare imported artists that is worth searching for and treasuring. The Australian singer/songwriter Kevin Mitchell, frontman for the Aussie band Jebediah took on the name “Bob Evans” for his solo material. His last album, Suburban Kid was a year end favorite a few years ago, produced by Brad Jones (The Shazam, Marshall Crenshaw). The album was recoreded in Nashville, Tennessee with Jones producing once again. Bull Creek is the name of the southern suburb of Perth where Mitchell grew up. The opener “Someone So Much” is majestic farewell to a childhood friend. Much of the music is instantly catchy and full of those jangling guitars, as evidenced by the single “Pasha Bulker.” The theme of the album is growing up and out, “Hand Me Downs” has smart hooks in the chorus that draw you in and keeps you listening. The wistful “Wintersong” is a lovely ballad that leads to the brilliant “We’re A Mess” – with flowing psyche-pop guitars, multi-tracked vocals and hand claps, all in the name of insecurity. The light and breezy “Power Of Speech” is a sweet bossanova duet with vocalist Melissa Mathers. Every track is wonderful here and it’s recommended to seek this album out. Right now it’s only available as an import (not even on Itunes in the USA yet), hopefully it will find it’s way stateside soon.

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If you’d like to hear the older material, check out lala.com which has
Crying in my Sleep and Suburban Songbook