I’LL BE LIGHTNING - LIAM FINN
After releasing a pair of albums as frontman of quirky New Zealand pop/ rock act Betchadupa, Liam Finn steps out on his own with this self-produced solo debut. Here, he comes closer to the work of home-studio eccentrics like Beck than to the classically minded pop of his father, Crowded House frontman Neil. That’s not to say that melody isn’t important to Finn the Younger. Each one of these 14 tunes harbors handsome hooks that point to a childhood spent obsessing over Dad’s Beatles and Beach Boys (and Crowded House) records. But Liam’s just as fascinated by texture, so he tricks out his material here with bits of white-noise guitar fuzz, ghost-choir backing vocals and percussion that sounds like someone drumming his fingers on a dashboard. “I’ll Be Lightning” is a low-key charmer. I\’ll Be Lightning
