It’s official, Brett Dennen needs a hair cut. Trust me on this one Brett; cutting your hair would be good for your career. You already have slightly awkward facial tics while you’re playing {think John Mayer’s classic grimaces} and while your long hair oft strays in front of these moments it’s not helping as much as you might think. Consider this an open and honest letter Mr. Dennen. I’m about to say good things about your music, unfortunately I cannot stand idly by whilst your hair continues to gnaw away at your talent.
I’m glad I got that off my chest. On to my next point. Why hasn’t Brett Dennen had more exposure? He’s obviously talented, his music is solid on almost every track, and his lyrics are what Jason Mraz would write in his dreams {on his best days}. This year he’s on the John Mayer tour and recently he’s played some late night shows {I believe I caught him on Conan and on Carson “I’m a massive tool” Daily}. All of these are good things. Dennen’s popularity is at an all time high. My question is why it took so long for this to happen. His big songs right now hail from his 2006 album So Much More (amazon) (itunes). What happened in the past two years which held Brett Dennen down?
mp3 : Brett Dennen - Ain’t No Reason
mp3 : Brett Dennen - She’s Mine
Ain’t No Reason is a brilliant track, one of my favorite. I like the recent stripped down version of She’s Mine, that Brett’s been performing on talk shows and select festival stages, more than this studio version {the cheesy elevator music drums just detract too much from his vocal performance}. The entire album is filled with songs in a similar vein to these two. He makes a certain easy type of indie folk music that is at much at home with John Mayer as it is with Jack Johnson or Jose Gonzalez.
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I’ve been reading your weblog for quite a while.
I love Brett Dennen, and I’m so glad you decided to write about him.
Made me smile when I read this.
Hey, did you ever listen to ugly casanova? I just heard some of their stuff… it was pretty good… but, for a side project, Isaac Brock sure didn’t delineate much from his already established sound (with Modest Mouse). I didn’t just think it sounded similar, it was just like he had a different band that sounded exactly the same as his band. Just weird.
yeah… sorry that had nothing to do with dennen (who totally needs a haircut… like me)
I like this guy’s music though…. sorry to post three comments in a row instead of just one…
Brett Dennen would look more weird than he already does if he cut his hair. Seriously, he’d be a musical Samson. And then ReSpekt could write a song about him. (Oh wait.) Anyway, his music is pleasing. He was good at Langerado fest in March, and that after a lengthy touring layoff.