Title: Dressed Up for the Letdown Artist: Richard Swift Label: Secretly Canadian Product Type: VINYL LP UPC: 656605013312 Genre: Indie Rock/Pop Release Date: 2019-04-05 Number of Discs: 1
Richard Swift has confidently composed yet another original masterpiece; employing an archaic attitude of tempered restraint on a fresh collection of ten songs, without appearing shamelessly retro or kitschy. Playing a vast majority of the instruments on "Dressed Up" himself, by virtue Swift has created something that is characteristically his. And considering his rough-around-the- edges exterior, one could rightly assume that Swift desires the listener to accept him as an ordinary honest man with some honest songs - unmasked blemishes and all. Yet when one engages with Swift on this narrow-road-less-traveled, one immediately ignores the subtle imperfections shadowed by the all-consuming white light of well-crafted pop songs in an analog heaven. In effect he's saying, "Just listen to my songs... The riffraff in the background is inconsequential." Sure Swift... whatever you say.
Tracks: 1.1 Dressed Up for the Letdown 1.2 Songs of National Freedom 1.3 Most of What I Know 1.4 Buildings in America 1.5 Artist ; Repertoire 1.6 Kisses for the Misses 1.7 P.S. It All Falls Down 1.8 Ballad of You Know Who 1.9 Million Dollar Baby 1.10 Opening Band
