/Singer-songwriter, Baroque folk, Alternative pop, Electronic, Dark pop, Noir pop/
Comment: Moses Luster is a musician from USA, who previously used to be a touring musician (and the gigs in the casinos as well). However, his recent album (consists of 12 tracks) is an impressive set of dark pop/noir numbers, which is supplemented with crazy synths, dizzy orchestrations, lone pianos, crescending ridges, female voice-backed notches, and densely hitting drums. At times his voice gets to fall nuts, variegated with suggestive falsettos and crooner characteristics, cabaret-tinged half- and full tones, angrily conveyed narrated parts of his (past) life. Indeed, it is not problem for him to be resigned and angry simultaneously. Luster is already compared to Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Nick Cave, (and Scott Walker by my side), yet, his sound has lots of junctures with Beirut, Cat Bark Cat, Jens Lekman and other contemporary baroque/chamber folk artists. However, I Won`t Stray and Some Day (a kind of the ballad) are one of the best single glimpses from 2011. I just discovered the release can be classified as the kind of grower.