SIMPLE KID - 1

I normally don\'t have a soft spot for whiny whiteboy music, but Simple Kid seems to take that cliché and kick its ass with his newest album, 1.
Granted, each track does contain his sometimes whiny, Dylan-esque voice, but Simple Kid makes up for it with hip electronic sounds, bouncy beats, and folkie acoustic rhythms, creating a hybrid of sound somewhere between The Beatles\' Magical Mystery Tour and Beck\'s Mellow Gold.
By mixing harmonica, organ, and slide guitar with synthetic sounds from his laptop computer, Simple Kid has created eleven tracks of unique and entertaining music. In these days of boring, cloned, \"popular\" music, it\'s refreshing to hear someone using their creative abilities to break through the abundance of recycled music to give us something new to enjoy.