Chris Ayer – Don’t Go Back To Sleep

Chris Ayer
Don’t Go Back To Sleep

Release Date: August 18, 2009
Record Label: Another Record Company

Review:
Don’t Go Back To Sleep is the latest release from singer-songwriter Chris Ayer. Ayer was a winner in the folk category in the 2006 John Lennon Songwriting Contest , and with this album, continues to show what a force he is becoming in the folk-rock scene.

This album has an interesting mix of acoustic pop songs in he vein of John Mayer or Jason Mraz. I find Ayer’s treatment of the off-tempo numbers, like “Long Gone”, “In The Silence”, “The Revealin”, and “Say What You Mean”, to really demonstrate his skills as a true triple-threat; singer, song-writer, guitar-player.

Ayer’s music may too easily be compared to his contemporaries. He combines a contemporary sense of song structure with a more traditional feel. He has a feel and style for his music that seems deeply rooted in early folk-rock. At many points on this album one can hear echos of greats like James Taylor.

Chris Ayer’s Don’t Go Back To Sleep is a solid and thoroughly enjoyable album. He hit the nail on the head and we’re only just starting to catch a glimpse of what Ayer is going to create for many years to come.

Track Listing:

1. opening
2. lost + found
3. awake
4. let go
5. pretty poison things
6. long gone
7. this is a test
8. in the silence
9. the revealing
10. roy g. biv
11. on your way
12. say what you mean
13. highway home

Links:

http://www.myspace.com/chrisayer