Lets start this off the right way tonight. Todd Kessler was a contestant on Season 3 of NBC's The Voice, and was harbored under Team Ceelo. Even though I'm totally Team Blake, this guy has provided my ears with some blissful tunes. I was talking with Matt about Todd Kessler and The New Folk, and I described them as having the meaningfulness of Darren Hayes mixed with the sounds of really, really good baroque pop.

Starting from track one, the music immediately hit my soul. From the first words of "Oh Brother", I can feel as if Todd Kessler is really singing for a brother fighting for the Confederacy. The lyrics, the music, the emotion really drew me into the song and I felt like I could see this all happen. It's within the lyrics where the album's strengths truly shine. They create extremely vivid stories.

From that point on, every note, melody, and hook is flawless throughout the entirety of Sea Fever. There are sweet and serene moments, as heard on "Intangible", "Canary In A Coal Mine", and "First Sip", as well as energetic rockers like "My Maker" and "Zen Lunatics". As soon as Sea Fever ended, I couldn't resist the urge to press repeat.

Todd Kessler and The New Folk are definitely something special, and are a unique act that's really worth checking out. I cannot possibly come up with enough nice things to say about this album. The fact there is no link to buy Sea Fever off of Bandcamp is really puttin' a hurt on me. I'm going to get sick with "sea fever" after sailing the internet looking for somewhere to purchase this album. (Update: I just found it on Amazon and iTunes. Didn't have to do as much searching as I had anticipated.)

I sure hope you enjoy this as much as I did. Thanks for reading!

- Joebags