In rotation: Bahamas’ ‘Bar Chords’

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In rotation: Bahamas Bar Chords

Regardless of the nom de song chosen by Canadian singer-songwriter Afie Jurvanen, and his association with surf-dude musician Jack Johnson’s record label, this is no breezy cruise by way of the islands, musically or thematically.

Jurvanen conjures a deeply atmospheric meditation on numerous facets of romantic disillusion and breakup, an excursion that’s each haunted and haunting. Expanses of room here allow his poetic observations to reverberate, although his acoustic and electric guitar capabilities frequently evoke Neil Youthful at his most ragged (possibly it is the Canadian factor). At other times, his Everyman voice channels Robert Plant at his most tender.

He also triggers echoes of Alex Chilton’s brand of R&ampB-soaked electrical power pop, the desolation of early Cowboy Junkies (yet again, blame Canada) and with thoughtful lines this kind of as “There’s joy in feeling unhappy / Now I know I hurt you so,” he makes a connection with the elemental spirit of Lucinda Williams.

Past the songs themselves, “Bar Chords” (released Feb. seven) is a stunning, full-bodied recording that revels in spare but intensely flavorful textures. It is that delightfully uncommon kind of record that commands an immediate replay.

Bahamas

“Bar Chords”

(Brushfire)

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Picture of Bahamas, a.k.a. Afie Jurvanen. Credit: Dave Gillespie.

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