With Monovision, Ray LaMontagne has once again created a record which manages to be so soft and dreamy, but also packed with integrity and meaning. Some songs fill you with hope and others bring you to tears; but that’s exactly what you want in music. You want to be taken on an acoustic journey and share in the artist’s joys and turmoil so you can pop out of the other side with a new sense of perspective.

The opening track “Roll Me Mama, Roll Me”, as well as having a … mehrcatchy as hell hook, pleases the ears with an easy going bluesy vibe. LaMontagne’s breathy vocals are complimented in verse by a chorus of haunting harmonies which adds a different twist to the song’s overall feel. With a really prominent and groovy double bass arrangement under it all, this makes for a cocktail of sonic delights that really draws you in to the album.

Ray LaMontagne can’t be compared to any other artist in my books, as no one else completely captures and conveys both raw emotion and sincerity like he does. As a songwriter, his lyrics and soft guitar tones never fail to create an atmosphere you wish you could live in forever. His voice is familiar and wholesome, and will continue to enchant audiences with this new record for sure.

“I just wanna wake up underneath that open sky, I just wanna feel something real before I die”.
This line is echoed throughout the themes of every song, and don’t we all. weniger

Tracks:
1.1 Roll Me Mama, Roll
1.2 I Was Born To Love You
1.3 Strong Enough
1.4 Summer Clouds… mehr
1.5 We'll Make It Through
1.6 Misty Morning Rain
1.7 Rocky Mountain Healin'
1.8 Weeping Willow
1.9 Morning Comes Wearing Diamonds
1.10 Highway to the Sun weniger