Looks Like I'm Twenty Something

Another sterling review of "Looks Like I'm Tall" here at a music site called Screaming Bloody Mess. Here's what Warren has to say:

Henning Ohlenbusch - Looks Like I'm Tall (Wrongways/Dren)

Henning Ohlenbusch (an unusual name, I agree) is yet another in a long line of twenty-something acoustic solo artists writing about life, love, and heartache in 21st century. There’s a whole batch of them at the mo’, crawling out of their bedrooms with tales of a broken heart, introspective insight, and a fuckin’ Gen Y CD collection consisting of Weezer, Radiohead, Matthew Sweet and Jeff Buckley.

Written. Performed, recorded and produced by Mr Ohlenbusch himself, Looks Like I’m Tall is a shoegazer of an album that politely and poetically informs the listener of Ohlenbusch’s observations and reactions to life’s various experiences, from ‘The Center of Time’ which talks about two lovers sharing a kiss to ‘It’s Now’ which could be talking about laziness, depression, or both.

‘Nightly Progression’ carries a subtle country undertone, while ‘Short’ is a brief instrumental interlude that passes by in a jiffy.

Quaint in its delivery, Ohlenbusch falls into the same mediocrity trap many of his peers have. For while there’s really nothing to be harshly critical of (the production fits the quietness of the album and the vocals are offered up like a diary), there’s nothing to really write home about either.

You know when you first heard Damien Rice’s O you knew there was something special that needed revisiting… Ohlenbusch lacks that something special.

By Warren
Label website: www.drenrecords.com