Alex Brinkman and the daring avoidance, sharp edges of "country mouse"

 

"a cellist that combines elements of classical cello, r&b, hip-hop, folk and neo-soul"


The fluttering tensions of "country mouse" by Denver, Colorado songwriter, cellist Alex Brinkman don't feel like a slow burn but, from the onset, a house on fire. The tactile string plucks, like offset frameworks held together by deep drones of sound resembling sleeping giants, serves as a dark tumultuous sky for Brinkman's cello melodies. Often the voicings begin in high registers and stair step down. In terms of a soundtrack to a film, there is both drama and mystery and maybe even horror around the edges. I couldn't help but think of the kinds of sharp obtuse edges of sound that might adorn a Paul Thomas Anderson movie staring someone as unsettling as a Daniel Day-Lewis (of course). 

Dramatic stuff. Brinkman's "country mouse" is a daring art piece, vast but sharply subtle as well and avoiding traps. A lot going on but none of the emotional takes trip over each other. 

-Robb Donker Curtius

THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM 

https://open.spotify.com/artist/3dimm42IjTEbNSRYQvos3j

https://alexbrinkman.bandcamp.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCShjbgX67gJ8U9LfdiQihkQ

https://www.instagram.com/alexbrinkmancello/


Alex Brinkman is a cellist that combines elements of classical cello, r&b, hip-hop, folk and neo-soul.

Alex Brinkman, instrumental, chamber pop, darkly dreamy, dark folk, neo classical, psychedelic, freak folk, "country mouse", songwriter, artist, cellist,