Deserted Music

"In a move that's the definition of indie, Eamonn Vitt split from Boston's jazz rockers Karate six years ago to become a doctor. But he didn't entirely abandon scales for scrubs. On his full-length solo debut, Deserted Music, the bassist/guitarist trades Karate's slacker cocktail jazz and slowcore for a mostly acoustic thirty-minute song cycle about chasing the ghosts of relationships past, sung in his whispery, laid-back tenor. The emo country jangle of "Painted" and the banjo-pickin' "Followed" give way to "Left at Gallup," which conjures the spirit of "old Cortez the Killer" with a stab at Neil Young-style electric fuzztone stomp. Even when he's drinking the blues away on the wistful acoustic duet "Mixed Drinks" ("Keep mixing drinks, it helps you think/Keep mixing messages, it's all the same"), Vitt -- joined by honey-voiced Mascott singer Kendall Meade -- has an eye on the "distant semi-tone" echo of his heart." (RollingStone.com)