Blog: Whale in a Cubicle

I’ve been giddy for this record ever since I first caught wind of it - it’s a collection of some of Mason Jenning’s oldest material, dating back to around ’98-‘99 when he was just gaining a following around the Minneapolis folk scene. 2002’s Simple Life (also a great record) was a similar project, pulling from the same well of songs as this one – the biggest difference being that where Simple Life collected many of Mason’s attempts at classic folk traditions (brief vignettes and longer narratives), this set of songs seems to be more [...]

• Mason Jennings - Better Than That
• Mason Jennings - The Flood