WE GIVE IT: 17/20 Watts
Daniel Johnston — literally indie-rocks resident madman — steps production up ten-fold on Is and Always Was, his first release in six years. With multiple rock instruments where there used to be just a voice and piano, Is and Always Was tends towards both the mainstream and more mature songwriting from the secluded genius with bipolar disorder. Drum fills and electric guitars breathe new life into previously recorded track I Had Lost My Mind. Meanwhile, unconventional ballads like Tears and Light of Day prescribe life lessons from a man whos had plenty of them over the past 30 years.
Check our full review in the latest issue of 20 Watts!
– Copy by Eric Vilas-Boas
– Produced by Irina Dvalidze
