A little package of nine home-recorded songs from Humousexual, whose work continues to touch me more than that of any other earnest, lo-fi songwriterly types currently in operation.

I probably can’t say much about why I like the songs here so much that I didn’t already say when I wrote about their Grenzenlos CD a little while back, so I’ll try to keep blather to a minimum here and just try to awkwardly convey my belief that these songs are just… honest, and straight up, and necessary and GOOD, y’know?

These guys are just doing things right, quietly letting us know how they feel with solid tunes, spirited words, simple home-made recording and no contrivance or melodrama or miscellaneous hoo-hah getting in the way. ‘Crisps with Personality’ and ‘Take My Hand in the Summer’ are my favourite ones on it, but most of them are really great.

For all things Humousexual-related, go here.

Labels: best of 2013, Humousexual