The story goes that 20-year-old Jackson Scott moved from Pittsburgh to North Carolina to attend college but dropped out and spent the time putting his home recordings onto Soundcloud. That began attracting attention—including some folks at Fat Possum Records, which agreed to put out these delightfully weird songs as young Scott’s debut album. Anyone who grew up in the days when home four-track machines opened up primitive recording studios for every potential musician will surely nod their heads to the muddy but cheerful harmonies and the sudden electric guitar solo driving “That Awful Sound” or the hazy mystery that flows throughout “Evie.” For additional instrumental ambition, there’s the charming dissonance of “Tomorrow” and the space-age keyboards coalescing as “Wish Upon.” There’s a singularity of tone but not of approach that lends a pretty symmetry to Melbourne; it sounds like far more than just the random experiments of a solo musician. Quite endearing.
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