VIKING MOSES, GOLDEN GHOST
(Someday Lounge, 125 NW 5th) Coming a long way from the days of making self-released cassettes, Brendon Massei (Viking Moses) has reached a somewhat stable point in his career. He has a label (the well-respected local outfit Marriage Records), a sometimes backing band, and the man is always on the road. And I do mean always. His latest tour is a baffling two-month journey, which takes him from East to West Coast and back again. Massei’s brand of off-kilter folk music (often dubbed “freak folk,” although it’s more homespun and quaint than it is freaky) is stripped bare of pretension, and instead just shimmers on its own as a true testament to the limitless nature of artistic expression. Plus he totally nails that Possum Dixon cover (“Invisible”), thus proving his taste in music is pretty stellar as well. EAC

MP3:
Viking Moses - Country Gown

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