Ellis Paul

On his first studio album in five years sometimes-cloying-sometimes-brilliant pop-folk
troubadour Ellis Paul does what he always does: reaches for the emotional stars -- missing a
few and snatching a few. You have to admire his ambition and fearlessness, even though
it's that fearlessness that allows him to taint a fantastic opening line like "She fell to the
mattress with the grace of an actress," a few verses later with the mood-wrecki... More >