Like the Season

After years of stockpiling songs in his home studio, Seattle-based Josh Ottum had the bright idea to make his debut album a sort of "personal greatest hits." The result? Like the Season, a twelve-song journey into the hallways, bedrooms, dining rooms and garages of popular music. Bolstered by semi-hollow body guitars, vintage keyboards, dry drums, and a hundred multi-tracked voices singing melodies, harmonies, and backwards woah-woahs and yeah-yeahs, Ottum's exquisite pop songs shine like polished furniture through a window on a crisp fall morning. Protected by an army of five drummers and a patriotically soulful horn section, Like the Season also boasts the influence of modern classical composition with the use of theme and variation while drawing comparisons to such modern artists as Grandaddy, Ben Folds and Phoenix. But don't be mistaken - this is not a record of cheap rip-offs and retro throwbacks - these disaparate elements have been critically examined and intricately assembled by Ottum to fit perfectly into a fully functional and aesthetically pleasing musical living room.