Richard Swift - Dressed Up for the Letdown (Vinyl)

Richard Swift has confidently composed yet another original masterpiece; employing an archaic attitude of tempered restraint on a fresh collection of ten songs, without appearing shamelessly retro or kitschy. Playing a vast majority of the instruments on "Dressed Up" himself, by virtue Swift has created something that is characteristically his. And considering his rough-around-the- edges exterior, one could rightly assume that Swift desires the listener to accept him as an ordinary honest man with some honest songs - unmasked blemishes and all. Yet when one engages with Swift on this narrow-road-less-traveled, one immediately ignores the subtle imperfections shadowed by the all-consuming white light of well-crafted pop songs in an analog heaven. In effect he's saying, "Just listen to my songs... The riffraff in the background is inconsequential." Sure Swift... whatever you say.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Dressed Up for the Letdown
2. Songs of National Freedom
3. Most of What I Know
4. Buildings in America
5. Artist ; Repertoire
6. Kisses for the Misses
7. P.S. It All Falls Down
8. Ballad of You Know Who
9. Million Dollar Baby
10. Opening Band