Matthew Basso – Town Cryer

Matthew Basso
Town Cryer
1997 (no label)
Canton, Ohio, USA

Side A:

1. Stringside
2. Stringside Call
3. Lost Along the Wayside
4. Shall be Saved
5. All of Your days
6. Rejoice
7. Make up Your Mind

Side B:

1. The Vision
2. In the Country

When reviewing the 1998 demo by Basso, I had a hard time describing the style. This one starts off with a very Led Zeppelin-inspired acoustic number. That seems to be the style for most of the songs, even though songs like “Lost Along the Wayside” bring in some other influences and even some aggressive distorted guitars (with no drums, though). In fact, I don’t think there are any drums or percussion on this whole tape. Several different guitars and bass guitars often layer over each other, but not much else other than an occasional keyboard part here and there. This is labeled as a pre-release, but I don’t know if a full release with cover art was released or not.