One listen, and it's obvious that Al bled for this album. He is a singer songwriter of unheralded sophistication, and this, his 3rd album is one of the more significant pieces of music to come out in some time. Laptop is American songwriter Jesse Hartman. Opening Credits, his debut album, reveals a prodigious talent, combining the timing of Leonard Cohen, the lyrical wit of the New Radicals' Gregg Alexander and a rarefied sense of sonic mischief that calls to mind Devo, Kraftwerk, Luke Haines' Baader Meinhof project or M, depending on which track you're listening to. Hartman's songs are excerpts from what sounds a wholly disastrous romantic biography, drawled in a richly self-mocking baritone and laced with great gags.
All street dates are subject to change.