DAVID KARSTEN DANIELS' first widely available record, and his debut for FATCAT, marks the arrival of a fresh and potent talent, an album as ambitious as it is accomplished.
This North Carolina-based songwriter has created richly orchestrated songs, where his voice & guitar are the foundation, are fleshed out by 19 musicians & at least as many instruments.
An easy comparison is SUFJAN STEVENS "Illinoise" album - it shares it's complex but carefully used arrangements and heartfelt songwriting - but with songs like "Jesus & The Devil", Daniels seems happier in darker corners. One of the discoveries of 2007 - don't overlook this! DUSTED MAGAZINE "...the songs have a way of surging from lo-fi vulnerability to swaggering, full-on baroqueness, then subsiding again into modest porch folk....Daniels is anything but a lonely bedroom folk singer. His canvas is much, much wider than that. Recommended."
"American Pastime" is on high rotation on FBI (NSW) with more additions to come!