The World Forgot

On RF Maston’s info page they explain his debut album, a self recorded, self mixed, self mastered, self etc., effort called The Future, as “a focused collection of timeless songs and hauntingly familiar melodies- combining dreamy bedroom folk with jangly indie pop, R.F. Maston has cultivated an original sound all his own.” I agree with the proclamation that this is dreamy bedroom folk and/or jangly indie pop but I draw the line when they claim this sound is uniquely his own. Now don’t read me wrong, I’m not knocking this sound, I’m just purporting that the reason it sounds hauntingly familiar is that if you’ve ever listened to Page France or Michael Nau’s solo work it’s a fair bet you’ve heard these sounds before.

Luckily for me, and hopefully for you, I really love the early sound of Page France {before Michael went off the nasal voiced deep end as of late} and this effort by Thousand Oaks based RF Maston is a good example of what plucky dreamy modern folk can sound like.

mp3 : RF Maston - The Future
mp3 : RF Maston - Two Eyes

I really like this style of music although it’s strange that both Micahel Nau {of Page France} and RF Maston both sing an almost too nasal tenor over the top of folsky kiddie indie rock {there really is no better way to genre define it}. Also, and totally unrelated, I think if you have a second you should head over and read the blip about how Bottled Water Drinkers are the New Smokers.

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