LARRY YES, BABYDOLLARS, THE GARLAND RAY PROJECT
(Backspace, 115 NW 5th) It seems that every few years Larry Yes emerges from some secret backwoods locale sporting a hearty beard and a handful of new songs, all of which are amazing. His latest, Take Me 2 Your Spaceship & Sing Your Soul Song Through Me, is a loose collection of vibrant folk tunes that smother the traditional singer-songwriter narcissistic entitlement with a inspiring level of innocence and polite happiness. Yes views the world, and especially nature, with a wonderful sense of childlike wonder, and he’s not alone on Spaceship, his fifth full-length, as the record features cameos from Mirah, Six Foot Sloth’s Amanda Mason Wiles, and tons more. This is proof that while his music might feel like the isolated musings of a unique character, Yes is not alone here in Portland. Not even close. EAC

MP3:
Larry Yes - Here Comes Mother Nature