Tune In Saturdays: Benji Hughes
Benji Hughes is clearly one weird dude. I'm not sure what exactly the North Carlina songwriter is on, but give me two of whatever he's having. The guy looks like he's straight out of the 70's rock and roll scene, with songs that have this crazy, but fitting mix of folk and lounge music, good old hip hop, and randomness. The whole thing is very odd, and very appealing. A great party record.
He looks like an Allman brother, sings like Beck and suffers the dating travails of George Costanza. But on his sprawling double-CD debut, Benji Hughes is unmistakably — and always hilariously — his own man. The North Carolina-and-Tennessee-reared artist specializes in laugh-out-loud vignettes about hipster culture, with catchy, eccentrically arranged songs that straddle folk, lounge, electro, synth rock and a half-dozen other styles.
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