Okay - Huggable Dust (2008)

Okay, a.k.a. Marty Anderson, is a Berkeley native who makes what some call ‘bedroom pop,’ meaning that the sound quality is somewhat lo-fi and possesses a DIY quality that conjures images of the musician writing and recording music from their bedroom. In Anderson’s case, that scenario isn’t too far from the truth, for he is actually confined to his bedroom most of the time with Crohn’s disease.

“Huggable Dust” is Anderson’s third album, featuring 18 tracks, about half of which are under 2 minutes in length. One very impressive factor of this album is that quite a lot of these shorter tracks go somewhere amazing in such a short period of time. Of course, the longer tracks are just as great. The music itself falls somewhere between the aesthetics of Tunng and Daniel Johnston; part folk, part pop, and all playful, honest, and occasionally heart-breaking.

Streamable Track: "Natural"


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