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Sometimes all it takes is a well placed soundtrack and the dude who was playing to an empty room is all of a sudden playing to a full theater.  Seeing Elliot Smith play the Oscars because of Good Will Hunting was unexpected, as was the Aimee Mann rebirth with Magnolia and the jock-ification of Damien Rice with Closer.  With Gus Black's album, Today Is Not the Day... there's a certain feeling of finding that next dude right before some ambitious soundtrack supervisor realizes he's sitting on an undiscovered well of every emotion he needs to up the choked-back-tears factor.  With references to the election, Vincent Gallo, getting fucked up and fucking up, Gus Black seems ripe for the soundtrack picking.  It doesn't hurt that the songs, while quietly understated, are catchy as hell and Gus Black's voice, while warning not to fuck with him, somehow still manages to feel like a warm blanket or a smooth whiskey.

Sounds Like: Damien Rice, Bill Patton, Elliot Smith, Frightened Rabbit

Download: Gus Black - Today Is Not the Day

Download: Gus Black - Little Prince Town

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