So I thought that I’d do a quick music update before I get into the home updates.

Nick Drake is an artist that I was introduced to about five or six years ago by a friend who is a music nut. He put out three albums in the late sixties before dieing of an accidental overdose of anti-depression drugs. At a first listen, his music is pleasing enough. His soft unique voice and incredible acoustic guitar rhythms are the mainstay of all three of his albums. His first album, Five Leaves Left, is a mostly nice album with soft songs with whimsical stories of life and love. His second album, Bryter Lyter, was much more produced and many of the tracks have a full orchestra backing him. Unfortunately, this second album was not commercially successful and led to a lot of depression for the young artist. When he made Pink Moon, he only recorded a bleak 28 minutes of him singing and playing guitar, the only exception being the title track which he dubbed in a bit of piano. The album only took a single session to record and was an even bigger commercial failure than his previous album. Sinking further into depression and borderline psychosis, he passed away a few years later at the age of 26. This last album, Pink Moon has gone on to become a very successful and influential album. It’s one of those albums that every artist you like will mention as an influence.

Anyway, give it a listen. I promise you will not regret it!