Craig Bennett
Faster Forward
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Once again Bennett delivers a recording full of sophisticated lyrics, a wry since of humor and a touch of self loathing. But this time his effort has a bit more pop ... and some jingle-jangle.
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- 1 My Muse Has Become a Nuisance
- 2 Film School
- 3 Get Well Card
- 4 Show-Me State
- 5 Isn't She Wonderful?
- 6 Disaster (You're My Greatest)
- 7 Wedding Dress
- 8 The Sun ... It Shines!
- 9 Faster Forward
- 10 My Robot Girl Is Gone
- 11 My Handcut Puzzle of a Girl
- 12 Dark Lessons
- 13 Spacesuit Tattered
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"Singer-songwriter Craig Bennett's fourth album, "Faster Forward," is chock-full of jangle pop gems and wry contemplations of life ...Bennett uses an acoustic guitar and a sardonic wit with great aplomb. His sophisticated grown-up pop songs come on with jangle-pop ringing guitars and hooky choruses. The songs are all intimate and suggest the coffeehouse or the living room, instead of the concert hall. If you got invited to a party in the Hollywood Hills and they had a great deck overlooking the city, Craig Bennett would be a good musical accompaniment to the festivities. ...Overall, Bennett is an interesting performer. His songs exist outside of any current popular sound; an anachronism of songwriting and pop sensibilities. --- Paul Leeds/ Culture Bunker,Los Angeles, CA
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"Bennett is a supremely gifted songwriter. The tunes are pop perfection, and there are virtually no static moments throughout the full 13-song album. Everything is up tempo, and the energy the music gives off is contagious. I caught myself literally tapping my foot at one point. Bennett's lyrics are skewed and oddly angled views of the world. "My Muse Has Become a Nuisance" opens the album by casting the songwriter's muse as a real person, a disaffected thrift store clerk with whom Bennett has cell-phone conversations. She's a demanding one, too, reminding him that she "inspires all your sad songs about how life is so long." The album takes off from there, tripping and careening through whirlwind of unique observation, a lot like the Flaming Lips but with more irony, less sentimentality.
If these are sad songs about how life is so long, they certainly aren't aimed at depressing you. More likely, Bennett is having fun with the notion of the world-weary, fretting modern (and usually British) pop songster...The melodies are tuneful, the arrangements work, the lyrics are confoundingly compelling, and what else do you need?"
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unique concoction blending the retro sound with haunting dollops of British New
author: Monica ArringtonCraig Bennett, from Atlanta, is a peculiar artist; one who is witty and entertaining … Bennett's style is a rather unique concoction blending the retro sound with haunting dollops of British New Wave guitars and keyboards boxed into neat little pop structures... Most times the CD is laced with ear perking phrases which will either make you laugh or raise an eyebrow in disbelief. Overall the spell created is designed to keep us wondering and amused long enough to realize the wisdom of this sparkling music. Faster Forward harbors Bennett's dark musings to find a realist's contentment shining out. - Monica Arrington, Southeastern Performer, December 2003
wonderful pop songs
author: Aiding & AbettingIf Craig Bennett didn't pay attention to his craft, his idiosyncratic observational songs would quickly get tiring. Mind-numbing, even. But Bennett makes sure that each dark little notion is slotted into the correct position, and wonderful pop songs fall out. It's quite possible to pay too much attention to form, ending up with cookie-cutter songs. Bennett's point of view is so contorted that he needs a little convention to get him back within the viewfinder. And boy, does he know how to turn out a fine downcast line. Bennett prefers a minimalist feel to his sound…Which fits his wonderfully subversive noirs just fine. I've heard a few Bennett albums, and they're all great… Pain junkies, here's your next fix.