Richard Dawson

The Hermit

I need to listen to this a lot more. This is its own album, jeez it's dense. Overall I think I like it? It's pretty slow, but that's generally not a problem. Takes a while to really get going, some gorgeous moments, some overly olde moments, some cool anachronistic moments. Bit of a mix of King Crimson-esque avant-folk noodling and the progressive storytelling that he's known for, where it succeeds and fails in both aspects depending on what part of the song you're in. I'm excited to get ... read more