David Usher, If God Had Curves - 37m 44s

Tracks & Durations

1. Long Goodbye	3:27
2. Love will save the day	3:38
3. Souring	3:54
4. See you fall	4:27
5. Hope (Tell everyone)	3:29
6. Everything is alright by me now	3:07
7. Faithless	3:22
8. Hey Kids	3:15
9. The Wolves	3:27
10. Going Home	3:16
11. Soldiering	2:15

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Review

Former Moist frontman David Usher has always made what is perhaps best known as sensitive new-age guy's pop music; catchy songs with deep female appeal. The thing that separates Usher from other hearthrob types is that he isn't formulaic; his love of music is genuinely sourced from sincerity.

Usher's fourth solo record, If God Had Curves is as simple and un-slick as anything he has ever done; it isn't underproduced, just raw and honest. Usher has an obvious fondness for the simple-structured love song and of bare-bones human stories. The disc's first track "Long Goodbye" is fully indicative of the influences of other inspirations on his own craft. The song includes a gorgeous, warm guitar solo from Canadian songwriting legend Bruce Cockburn, playing over a loop of a sample from punk rock/new wave troupe Le Tigre. The result is old-wood warm and beautiful. Track two starts with a sound clip of respected feminist Gloria Steinem; so begins the disc's first single "Love Will Save The Day" a joyful, lyrically challenging number disguised as a pop song. Bonus points to the singer for the song "Hey Kids", a whimsical, sardonic musical march highlighted by Tegan Quin, of Tegan & Sarah fame. As is the case with other David Usher records, the one thing missing is his preference for writing pretty-sounding prose and societal commentary over really pulling out personal stories from the rawest part of his soul—but there's always hoping. --Denise Sheppard

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