RADAR: Keaton Henson
Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 5:19PM
Treading down the lonely, desolate introspective folk path blazed (quietly) by the likes of William Fitzsimmons and the more subdued side of Damien Rice, 23-year-old London songwriter Keaton Henson delivers his scathing, bruised tales of lament in a whispered tone. A graphic illustrator by trade who suffers from severe panic attacks, Henson has nonetheless found his own quavering voice with a series of haunting songs that will arrive officially in early 2012 in his debut album Dear... Lead track "You Don't Know How Lucky You Are" is a surreal still life imbued with fleeting shadows and bleeding colors, Henson's muted vocals teeming with anxious tension and proving, as The Guardian put it, his "private agony is proving addictive." Videos after the jump...
Keaton Henson - "You Don't Know How Lucky You Are" (from Dear...)
Keaton Henson - "Sarah Minor" (from Dear...)
Reader Comments (1)
Awesome Henson is so awesome! Feels that he is very talented, even though he is not as popular as freelance writers