It didn’t take me long to fall in love with “Your Name Reminds Me of Hollywood,” the latest single from Melbourne’s Joel James Live. It was somewhere within the first verse where I got suckered into its poetic lyrics and honest romance. It’s got the sort of earthy magical quality that a really good indie romance flick like Before Sunrise or Annie Hall has, with an authenticity that doesn’t require cute catchphrases or a schmaltzy soundtrack.
Perhaps Joel’s music gets this authenticity because he’s in total control. A multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, producer, and engineer, Joel James will never be a slave to the music machine.
“Your Name Reminds Me of Hollywood” comes from Joel James Live’s stellar EP Cabin Fever.