His string tinged rock music lets your brain wander the fine line balance between the pain of old timey musicals and the foolish pleasures of acoustic punk rock, with power pop nods to artists like the Kinks, the Decemberists, Wilco, and Nick Drake.

14 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Acoustic, ROCK: Surf Rock



Details:
Presenting Seven Fathoms, Jim Smartâs new album with pairs of carefully crafted pop songs. There are two sides to every fantasy, and Jim explores them with an open mind. Mandolin, violin, cello, and steel guitar to spice up rock guitar and piano to create bright, innovative acoustic textures.

The first video from the album is
The Fairy Bells,
available on MySpace and YouTube.

www.jimsmart.net
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Jim is a musician, teacher, and family man in Honolulu, Hawaii. He has played in a Beatle tribue band for ten years and written hundreds of songs.

Comments about Seven Fathoms

âThis CD is more "rock" genre and less early Kinks-like, or folksy. I think on one cut I even had an impression of surfer rock in the opening chords.â - Lynn Vogt, Molokaâi

âI enjoy the whole concept of Seven Fathoms, particularly the fact that, even though you're dealing with some pretty dark stuff, you never descend into the maudlin or the melancholy.â
-Alan McClure, Scotland

"I love the story behind the title, and I find myself playing the CD over and over.â - Tom Clarke, New York