Indie Spotlight reviews of Doug Hoekstra, Steve Almaas, June Star and more
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By Lee Zimmerman
Doug Hoekstranever settles for the ordinary, but his new album
The Day Deserved may be his most ambitious project yet.. With songs that veer from the cajoling (“Seaside Town”) to the caressing (“Late Night Ramble,” Grace”) to the carousing (“Keeper of the Word”) and even the quirky (“Wintertime”), it is, by Hoekstra’s own description, a record “intended to be a marker of the times, fleshed out by “disenfranchised characters inhabiting the tunes, pressing on through barriers and breaks fostered by their surroundings.” It is, by any definition, an ambitious outing, one that covers a lot of musical turf while keeping its intents intact. Nevertheless, it’s also throughly intriguing and compelling, an album that reaches well beyond the usual melodic and thematic constraints. Hoekstra’s low cast vocals belie the album’s more urgent intents, but the emoti
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