I’m a firm believer that if the music is good enough, you don’t need fancy production. It’ll speak for itself, and perhaps even shine brighter because it’s not bogged down in studio trickery. Just because you can add an orchestra or overdubbing to a recording doesn’t mean you should. In fact only today I decided not to post about a song with some really strong lyrics because I felt it was lost in its production.
It’s interesting on a day like that, where I’m getting weary of songs sounding too big, that I should hear Kristafor Farrenkothen’s EP Songs I Made in My Bedroom. The fanciest thing about this music is Kristafor’s name attached to it. The EP is exactly what it says on the tin, a collection of songs recorded in his bedroom. But what songs they are.
There are just three, far less than any EP I’ve seen recorded in the studio. But every one is incredible. I was transfixed from start to finish. Normally I listen to music while I’m doing other things but I had to stop and hear every word of these tracks. I ordinarily take notes, but I didn’t want to get dragged out of the spell they’d put on me. And why should I attempt to capture how special they are when I could just share the EP and let you listen for yourself?
There are certainly rough edges here, as there are with any bedroom recording, but that doesn’t take away from the beauty of what Kristafor has created. This talented singer-songwriter has a really bright future ahead of him.