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Artist
Mason Lindahl
12+ albums
folkambientacousticUSAsynth pop
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Mason Lindahl is a guitarist and songwriter from Sacramento, California. Prominently known for his unique fingerstyle of guitar playing. Mason has been compared guitarist and songwriters such as John Fahey, Leonard Cohen and James Blackshaw. With music released on Porter Records, Para-sight records and Lifes Blood recordings. "This is the type of new artist that I keep saying its our duty in college radio to break: one second you think this is bizarre experimental dark guitar then it starts sounding like Nick Drake or Leonard Cohen. Solo artist with guitar and some serious tape manipulation savvy. Fantastic stuff that Micheal Gira (Young God Records: Devandra Banhardt, Angels of Light) probably is very envious of. Just lots of well played, interesting acoustic guitar and vocals. RIYL: Swans, Devandra, Nick Drake, etc. Tracks 1 and 2 are so good they make my brain throw up." -KZSU 2009-09-18 "Usually a vocal drone is associated with liturgical, or at least spiritual, music, along with its use occasionally in more experimental sounds. Mason Lindahl’s haunting, droning vocals has both spiritual and avant-garde qualities, but it is grounded in a raw, personal vein. Though “Serrated Man Sound” is far from a country record, it sure has that high lonesome feel. Lindahl makes songs like “Warm Ducks,” “Nine,” and “Greater Clapping of Hands, The” harrowing and comforting in one stroke. His guitar playing, spare one minute, jagged and cranky the next, hints that the overall messag
