I've been meaning to write about Ben Pilgrim for ages (well, since October). "God Should Have Made You Ugly" got stuck in my ear and I compulsively listened to it for a month and promptly moved on. I was immediately reminded of that glorious song when I heard Sam Owens' "Kind of Man" yesterday."God Should Have Made You Ugly" is a bittersweet lament about the deadly combination of beauty and cruelty. The track is a sloppy single take, with a rough-hewn voice and acoustic guitar. The harmonica captures the sound of lamenting spot on.
Sam Owens' "Kind of Man" does not have a gorgeous demon to exorcise, but the song caught me with the same vibe as "GSHMYU". The issue is similar as this girl needs to go, but the attachments are reversed: She is hooked and won't let go. Owens takes an appropriately different approach, with his sweet voice and a soaring chorus, though the solo acoustic genre remains the same.
Ben Pilgrim - "God Should Have Made You Ugly" [MySpace] [Last.fm]
Sam Owens - "Kind of Man" [MySpace]
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