DOWNLOAD: Benji Hughes - Why Do These Parties Always End The Same Way?
When browsing the MySpace of Benji Hughes—the rotund Southern viking pictured above—and noting that his influences were, in this order, “girls, beers, the river, storms, and space,” I was seriously expecting some dripping cosmic Americana in the vein of those isolationist neo-hippies like Brightblack Morning Light or White Flight. Surprisingly, the Charlotte, NC native makes music that is anything but; instead paddling down that one-man-avant-pop-band river with his producer, LA studio veteren Keefus Ciancia, and a couple cases of Natty Bo, “Why Do These Parties Always End The Same Way?” sounds like Julian Casablancas’ Danger Mouse-produced solo single that will probably never exist—organically stitched-together accompaniment and a half-baked "beer coma" drawl. Take that, hippies.
Sounds like: Gnarls Barkley, Grampall Jookabox, Julian Casablancas
Download: Benji Hughes - Why Do These Parties Always End The Same Way?
