Jackson native Knowlton Bourne, 23, debuted on Misra with a “cosmic country” sound that incorporates influences like the space rock of Spiritualized, the storytelling of Townes Van Zandt and the harmonic distortion of My Bloody Valentine. The album’s opening track, “Summer Sun,” features a distorted harmonica that drones in the background like a tiny synthesizer.… Continue reading Knowlton Bourne at the Clarion-Ledger
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Knowlton Bourne at Stereo Embers
What would a train sound like if it could express the loneliness it feels speeding through a dark deserted night? If I were forced to guess it would sound eerily similar to the sigh and echoed dual harmonicas announcing the lazy swoon of a groove that opening track “Summer Sun” luxuriously occupies on newcomer Knowlton… Continue reading Knowlton Bourne at Stereo Embers
Knowlton Bourne at Whisperin and Hollerin
I can’t ever remember getting sent anything from Cheyenne, Wyoming before so it was a pleasant surprise when this CD arrived and it turns out to be by a guy from Oxford, Mississippi. It comes with a cover that I assume is from a room at the same Motel 43 which titles the LP. The… Continue reading Knowlton Bourne at Whisperin and Hollerin
Knowlton Bourne at POP! Stereo
Mississippi born and bread Knowlton Bourne isn’t your typical singer songwriter. Sure the guy sounds a bit country but he’s definitely not as buried in the roots of the Deep South as being from Mississippi would seem to indicate. Oh no, Knowlton sounds more like his long lost brother is Richard Ashcroft and he’s spent… Continue reading Knowlton Bourne at POP! Stereo
Knowlton Bourne at Pittsburgh in Tune
The music of 23-year-old newcomer Knowlton Bourne might take a little while to grow on you. The Mississippi native plays a type of Southern shoegaze that might put off listeners looking for catchy, hook-filled melodies. Bourne ‘s debut full-length, “Songs From Motel 43,” didn’t do much for me on the first spin, but I found… Continue reading Knowlton Bourne at Pittsburgh in Tune
Knowlton Bourne at AllMusic
The debut long-player from the Jackson, Mississippi-based singer/songwriter with a name that sounds like it should adorn the cover of an Antebellum-era etiquette guide, Songs From Motel 43 findsKnowlton Bourne wrestling with twenty-something wanderlust by offering up a Deep South rendering of breezy Southern California power/slacker pop that conjures up images of lost small-town weekends… Continue reading Knowlton Bourne at AllMusic
Knowlton Bourne at Big Takeover
Mississippi singer-songwriter Knowlton Bourne is a man desperately on the run from nothing at all. On his debut album Songs from Motel 43(Misra Records), the 23 year old constantly mulls over the bottomless threat of a “long way down.” He tackles this fear by hitting the same lonely highway taken by many a songwriter before… Continue reading Knowlton Bourne at Big Takeover
Knowlton Bourne at This is Books Music
Songs From Motel 43 (Misra) is an album by Knowlton Bourne for those who love their rock on the rustic side of traditional, or whatever traditional is meant to mean these days. In other words, it sounds like the kind of rock that you might hear from someone like Tom Petty, the type that isn’t… Continue reading Knowlton Bourne at This is Books Music
Knowlton Bourne at Stereo Embers
Existential slacker blues nonpareil, Mississippi’s favorite son Knowlton Bourne has produced a debut record that deserves the type kudos we reserve for the preternaturally talented ‘very young.’ Just 23 years old and thus defining ‘precocious,’ Mr Bourne’s brand of molasses-grooved rock’n’roll has a thematic affinity with the Kurt Vile-Adam Granduciel axis of unsprung indie naturalism… Continue reading Knowlton Bourne at Stereo Embers
Knowlton Bourne at God is in the TV
23 year-old Mississippi native Knowlton Bourne has given us the honour of premiering his new track ‘The River (For Nels)’ a chiming slice of Americana-jangle-pop-craft written during his time spent working on a farm outside of Oxford. It’s laced with Knowlton’s south drawl that paints expansive storytelling-like narratives that capture the hopeful yet anxious feeling… Continue reading Knowlton Bourne at God is in the TV