Jamie Barnes - Honey From The Ribcage / 2005 Silber Records / 10 Tracks / http://www.jamiebarnes.net / http://www.silbermedia.com / Reviewed 12 June 2005

Jamie Barnes plays a brand of folk-rock that is similar to that created at regular intervals by Devendra Banhart. However, Jamie takes more than a little hint from sixties-rock (America, Neil Young) and this is why �Honey From The Ribcage� far out-strips much of the earlier-influenced folk rock of the current period. The bouncy sound of �Pearly Gate and Son Pest Control� shows a little more of that sixties-influence, and really solidifies the sound of the disc. Jamie Barnes really comes forth on this album with a style of rock (albeit secularized) that during tracks like �Three Suns�, that goes near the type of music that Jars of Clay was trying to do during �Much Afraid�. Fans of pop-rock, folk, and of good music with enjoy Jamie do the simplistic yet catchy style of music that is committed to this disc. The aforementioned �Three Suns� titillates listeners by taking sections from nineties-alternative rock, frat-rock and a whole host of different sounds. Jamie succeeds due to his musical �melting pot�. Jamie comes through with something that surpasses Rufus Wainwright, Hayden, and even the ultra-overrated Elliot Smith; �Honey From The Ribcage� is the indie-rock album to pick up this year.

Top Tracks: Three Suns, Pearly Gate and Son Pest Control

Rating: 7.2/10