Nate Ashley

Nate Ashley continues to be an obscure name even by indie pop specifications, although his debut record, Where Matter Lives, was an extremely high-quality effort for the reason that design. Ashley includes a breathy, confessional, vocalist/songwriter aura that recalls a number of the better folk-rock from the past due ’60s and early ’70s, while steering completely free from the laid-back, refined audio of performers such as for example James Taylor. It might be even more properly aligned using the sparsest from the Beatles’ folk-rock paths (both as an organization and single performers) from that period, or with Elliott Smith together with his modern peers. Ashley can be marked being a 2000 performer, rather than 1970 one or perhaps a 1970 wannabe, with the enigmatic taste of a lot of his lyrics, in addition to an underlying anxious insecurity and moodiness root a few of his paths. Where Matter Lives was completed between 1996 and 1998 on bedroom four- and eight-track recorders within the Northwest (although sound is very clear and not at all lo-fi), and released in 1999. Darling I’m Your Devil implemented in 2000.