John White – Inkadies

Inkadies

Inkadies (CD) $15.00
01. Inkadies [2:09] $1.50
02. Distant Dreams & Morning Stars [2:04] $1.50
03. Ding Dong [1:41] $1.50
04. The Boy That I Saw on That Day [1:53] $1.50
05. The Fields [3:01] $1.50
06. Ashes Grey [1:34] $1.50
07. Juvendee Hill [2:15] $1.50
08. Mauven Bird [2:53] $1.50
09. Bayo Fowvin [3:03] $1.50
10. Little Blue Bird [1:37] $1.50
11. Golden Anchor [1:09] $1.50

Inkadies is a new solo album by dream-pop folk artist John White. As a follow up to “Balloon Adventure”(2000) and “Mogwash”(2003), “The Inkadies” might be described as the third instalment of tales from a delicate otherland where little creatures called Inkadies come to save the day.

The album was recorded in Madison, Wisconsin by friend and fellow singer/songwriter, Tom Hanson. Gathering guest musician’s from Madison’s lush music scene, the album boasts chiming harmonies and dripping Synth accompaniments underneath John’s dreamily relaxed vocals and gently strummed acoustic guitar

John White is also the frontman for seminal Dunedin fuzz-pop band Mëstar and at one time toured extensively with now defunct avante-popsters Cloudboy.

Listen to the National Radio live to air and interview with John White recorded on October 21st 2010.

Review:

Cloudboy’s Demarnia Lloyd once upon a time said of him that she’d “discovered a boy who sings like an angel” – Dunedin’s best kept secret has to be John White. His tenure fronting fuzz-pop trio Mëstar established him as a well loved songwriter in knowing circles, while White’s previous two solo albums (2000’s “Balloon Adventure” and 2003’s “Mogwash”) were the stuff that dreams are made of. Recorded in Madison, Wisconsin by musician Tom Hanson, “The Inkadies” (White’s first release in too many years) is an unofficial ending to a trilogy begun all those years ago.

Steady strummed acoustic guitars open the record on the self-titled first single – with John conjuring fantastical images of the hidden Inkadies keeping us safe in the night. “Distant Dreams and Morning Stars” follows, with a droning distorted guitar providing the canvas for layers of White’s nearly child-like and gentle voice. While it is one of the prettiest songs on the album, “The Boy That I Saw On That Day” is a dark tale of slicing off hands, cutting off ears,  and plucking out eyeballs in frustration at not being believed – hinting at a more sinister side to the world of John White and his Inkadies. Clocking in at a brief twenty-three minutes across eleven songs, “The Inkadies” is the soundtrack to that glorious half-asleep period that we get before sleep – full of strange imaginations and warmth. Beautiful stuff, and an oh-so-welcome return from the talented Mr White.  – Matt Crawley