Miles Anthony Benjamin Robinson debuted a couple of years ago with a magnificent album that in someway was overshadowed by the legend that accompanied him (homeless, junkie and dealer in New York, later discovered by Chris Taylor from Grizzly Bear and Kyp Malone from TV On The Radio). Leaving behind the morbid about this period of his life, Robinson delivers his second album "Summer Of Fear", an album honest, sober, in every meaning of the word, free of any indie smugness, in which he makes warm, refined rock/pop that's flows smoothly, as he sings lyrics trying to revive the lost innocence by recalling "I remember seventeen / I remember being honest, horny, healthy, and clean / I remember briefly believing / That I 'd been born to be the one" ("Always An Anchor"), though ultimately there's no illusions and he knows that nothing is easy "And it's not that bad / to be bored and sad / When the dreams you've had / are just bets gone bad" ("Hard Row"). Despite the stormy and dark his inspiration can be, Robinson makes of "Summer Of Fear" a nitid and shiny record. A true gem. -CORANNIEIT-
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, Summer Of Fear
Saddle Creek Records, 2009
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