Music Review

Below the Branches (2006)

Kelley Stoltz
Reviewed by Will Hermes | Feb 06, 2006
EW's GRADE
B+

Details Release Date: Feb 07, 2006; Lead Performance: Kelley Stoltz; Genre: Pop

Kelley Stoltz's self-released Antique Glow wowed the Mojo-reading set in 2004. His follow-up, Below the Branches, is kindred retro lo-fi pop-rock, dressed in pounded parlor-room piano chords and psych-folk filigree, invoking rain, stars, and sunshine. Derivative? Sure — think Beatles, Beach Boys, Kinks. But its opening lines are both defense and modus operandi: ''Find a thing that/makes ya happy/find a thing that/gets you high-igh-igh.'' He did. Us too.

Originally posted Feb 03, 2006 Published in issue #862-863 Feb 10, 2006 Order article reprints

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