With a voice between... - hold your horses now cause this is the first (and probably last) time you will read these five names together - James Taylor, Steve Hogarth, Ola Salo (from The Ark), Michael Stipe and Rufus Wainwright, Michael Mangia (pronounced Manja) is a fresh breeze in the singer songwriter genre. That stated, without saying that he sounds like James and the gang, but these guys were for some weird reason the first names that came to mind when I played this album the first time. But there is also a coool British Lloyd Cole/Travis touch over the album that I enjoy a lot. And its fresh to hear this sort of singer songwriter after the whole cascade of John Mayer clones that entered the market the last two years. And the slightly "progressive" undertone on a few tunes are also a fresh wind. Gehh... my English vocabulary store is empty for the moment, so I suggest you take a listen for yourself at his site. He is well worth your attention. My favourite tracks on the album to sum it up a bit... hmmm... Sixth out "Like Gone" is a tune with a lovely vibe and "Someone Who" is another one worth mentioning with a refrain that could have been on a Steve Hogarth (from Marillion) solo album or a song from The Ark.. And there are, as you understand, more to check out on this album...
