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"The Workbench": Reviews from Aquarium Drunkard and A Closer Listen

January 20, 2024

"The Workbench" EP is out now -- listen to it on Bandcamp (and all streaming sites, too). It is a sonic portrait of my father, Paul. Here are a couple of great quotes from recent reviews:

From A Closer Listen : "Paul spent his life fixing typewriters and extending the lives of other objects. In similar fashion, Brian now extends his father’s memory, enhancing it with a heartfelt tribute that will introduce him – via the objects he loved – to people who never had the chance to know him. The physical workbench has now become aural; we suspect his father would be proud."

And from Aquarium Drunkard:
"Harnetty creates space for a piece that is at once melancholy, uplifting, winsome, and profound... Carve out some time to let this one work its wonders on you and you may find it about you and yours as well—an ode to all we share and can, together, repair."

Read the Aquarium Drunkard Review
Read the A Closer Listen Review
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