SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: SPENCER HOFFMAN – CHERRY PICKER

SPENCER HOFFMAN
CHERRY PICKER
ANXIETY BLANKET RECORDS

Being a singer-songwriter from Los Angeles will always draw comparisons with the early to mid-70s, when the so-called golden age of California Sound ruled, well, the airwaves then. In the days of streaming the newer generations, one might not be sure what that means, but with his second album Cherry Picker, LA singer-songwriter Spencer Hoffman just might give them a very good hint what that sound can offer when it is both thoughtfully and carefully done.

What that would mean is have an individual, but at the same time a diversified sound that doesn’t simply stick to possible set formulas, even if there is inspiration from greats of the sound that are well-known (Jackson Browne) or not so well known (David Ackles).

Hoffman goes exactly that diversified route by bringing quite a few rich arrangements to his songs here, based on some very good, solid songwriting and lyrics, making this album quite a mature, very listenable offering.

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