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...that comes later. For now, Al Bennett will be concentrating on some personal goals, one of which is the production of his friend Duane Koh's album, due out in April. The other...
...After hearing that Al Bennett '00 and Becky Warren (a Wellesley senior) produced their debut album, Two Stories, by themselves, you may approach it rather warily. How good could a couple of college students possibly sound on a self-produced album...
...production or the music itself will quickly be dispelled merely seconds into the first track, "War of the Worlds," as a harmonica wails against the festive background of shouting, murmuring voices. The songs on Two Stories incorporate everything from violins and cellos to trumpets, saxophones, and clarinets, and Bennett's seamless mixing produces a sound that's as close to perfect as you could get, especially using the Quad Sound Studios at the basement of Pforzheimer House. While it's true that at times the sound gets a tad echo-ey and the voices are a bit overwhelmed...
...sound quality of the album itself that will amaze you; the music itself, described by North House as "the lovechild of Bonnie Raitt and Lenny Kravitz" with some Jimi Hendrix and Dave Matthews Band thrown in, is incredible. The music and lyrics for every track were written by Bennett and Warren, and Warren, especially, writes like she's a poet by calling, as in "Babylon": "You live on cigarettes and cherry brine/Your windows translucent and your broken lullaby." Bennett's smooth, relaxed voice sounds as if it were born knowing what to do on each song and his guitar skills...
...Sean Bennett...