Music
Artist on The Rise
February 8, 2012 —
Sounds Like: Jenny Lewis, Band of Horses, Cass McCombs, Bon Iver
If you are one of the masses that has fallen under the charm of country inspired indie music, then Blake Mills should already be in your collection. Having toured with the likes of Jenny Lewis, Julian Casablancas and Band of Horses, Mills has already had a lot of exposure to this crowd.
Recently, my heart was broken by his music after listening to his cover of Lucinda Williams’”I Just Wanted To See You So Bad” (another person he’s toured with). Mills brings back that old school rock n’ roll feel to music, and his voice is simply to die for.
Not only has he covered some amazing songs, Mills has also released his own E.P entitled Break Mirrors, which features the song “Wintersong” which after only 2 days in my itunes library had already been played 39 times, second in my top played only to Kanye West. His E.P, recorded in a friends’ studio doesn’t reek of pretentiousness but simply a man with a voice trying to make some music. And it is this unassuming personality that is present in all his interviews, for example when he explained what the name of his album meant he simply said that it was what his favorite Chinese restaurant thought his name was.
I’m in love.