Album Review: Bahamas — consequenceofsound.net

Bahamas is an apt moniker for solo artist Afie Jurvanen, who weaves breezy, tropical melodies in his cold-climate Canadian home. After playing guitar in the touring bands of artists like Leslie Feist, Jurvanen decided to strike out on his own, crafting a sound that’s hard to pin down — part smooth jams, part psychedelic rock, part adult contemporary, and part folksy campfire. Whatever trope he’s employing at any given moment, he’s always in control, methodically coaxing different pieces of his melodies as though he’s wooing a shy girl in the most cerebral, systematic way possible. The work’s emotional resonance and honesty, however, is what will stick in listeners’ ears after the last notes fade away. While Jurvanen’s third album as Bahamas, Bahamas Is Afie, is sometimes disjointed, it’s also often entrancingly lovely.

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