Brant Christopher - Circus Life

Published Tuesday 1st March 2005
Brant Christopher - Circus Life
Brant Christopher - Circus Life

STYLE: Roots/Acoustic
RATING 6 6 6 6 6 6
OUR PRODUCT CODE: 11748-10535
LABEL: Independent
FORMAT: CD Album
ITEMS: 1

Reviewed by Chris Sharp

American songsmith Brant Christopher is a name I've not come across before, even though he apparently played at the Greenbelt Festival in 2004. I imagine that he will have gone down well with a typical Greenbelt audience fitting into the folky/pop singer/songwriter category alongside the likes of Martyn Joseph and other festival regulars. This new album follows on from his single "Cursed" released earlier in 2004 which happens to be the second track on this album. This is a well crafted affair, good solid songwriting with challenging lyrics coming from the songwriter's own experience - "Sorry my friend it's just not enough/I've got two pints of problems in my eight oz cup," Brant's bio makes for an interesting read!. I particularly liked production touches such as those at the start of "1000 Miles Away" (although I haven't played it backwards to work it out yet!). For me though the songs are not musically outstanding enough to be memorable and make me want to listen again and again as a great album would.

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Reader Comments

Posted by Eric Reinertsen in Deland, FL @ 04:26 on Dec 20 2005

I've actually just recently met Brant at a Christmas party with a member of our youth band. It was amazing the way it worked out that we met him. I've found him to be an amazing guy who is really committed to sharing what he believes in his music. I enjoyed so much meeting him and am looking foward to the "Heatseeking Caterpillars" (Our Youth band) opening for his Febraury concert! As he so graciously invited us to do. So what ever your opinion of his music, he is an amazing man.



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