30012014 - David Crosby "Croz"

Brand new David Crosby album, you say? Don't mind if I do! Not exactly one to flood the shelves, it's been 24 years since his last solo album and 10 years since his last output altogether, the eponymously titled album by Crosby & Nash. So... What does this 72 year old legend sound like 50 years into his career? Well, upon first listen I have to say that "Croz" sits comfortably next to the three other solo albums of his. His voice is, if anything, less rugged and more - dare I say - angelic than before, and the songs are laid-back, Steely Dan-esquely pleasant and sunny, and would perhaps sit better if listened to from a Californian patio or a Riviera boat deck than Norway in the middle of the winter, but until this can be the soundtrack of the summer - and I have a feeling that it will be - it can at least bring its own sunshine to your day.