2. The Elected-Sun, Sun, Sun
Anyday. Anyplace. 8.14 A.M. The clouds part and the sun shines through the darkness as you stretch and pull back your curtains. So begins your day, and so begins the sophomore effort by Blake Sennett and co., Sun, Sun, Sun, set to the sounds of birds chirping, harps, and harmonious vocals. Unlike 2004's Me First, Blake and co. turn down the then popular bleeps and blips and instead focus on a more bare bones/rustic approach to the music, that tugs at the heart and soaks itself in genuine emotion. Track for track Blake appears to be holding a conversation with a woman he holds in high esteem; "If I leave right now will you come with me?", "I heard that we can be fulfilled like fireflies in a steel mill", "come on back and do me good", cause "you're the biggest star I'll ever know." After a while such longing and pining for companionship can seem blase and hollow, but Blake and co. wrap each lyric and composition in sound textures that take their cue from baroque, country, and good old down southern blues sensibilities which manage to enhance the emotion present in each lyric. There was only other album that manage to tug at one's heartstrings such as this one, and it just so happened to be produced by a fellow band member...
KEY TRACKS: Would You Come With Me/I'll Be Your Man/Biggest Star
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