Imaginary Johnny's debut full-length takes the highly-acclaimed sound of his 2003 EP, The Upside of the Downside, to new heights. Lush orchestration emboldens intimate lyricism. A human simplicity emerges from densely-layered electronics. It wouldn't be a stretch to say that Imaginary Johnny's first-person storytelling is a play-fort built amid a thicket of sampled beats. Although it would be absurd.

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It's during the burbling, effortlessly melodic opening title track of Tick Tock Treasury that it dawns on you: Maintaining such musical amicability over an entire LP is next to impossible. Nevertheless, that's what Joy Electric mastermind Ronnie Martin largely succeeds at with his sixth full-length collection of new material. Constructed as it is -- exclusively from an analog fleet of Roland synths and phasers -- and guided along by Martin's winsome coo, Tick Tock Treasury is pretty damn one...   [ read more ]

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