With a junk drawer’s worth of synthesizers, drum machines, samplers, and turntables balancing melodic acoustic guitar and drawling vocals, Geoff Reacher’s Avec Reacher C’est Plus Sur makes for a novel listen. At first the contrast of electro instrumental clutter with the traditional organic tools of a singer-songwriter can be disconcerting. It seems to waver between unique artistic expression and a horrible mess. Repeated listens tip things in Reacher’s favor as his inventive, often playful sound ultimately inspires appreciation if not enjoyment. Highlights include the hip-hop tinged, Beck-ish “Snarling Wheels of Sin” and the desolate melancholy of “Ride to the Grave.” But my favorite is the loose and funny twang pop of “Look Me in the Eye,” with its nod to The Kinks in the lines, “Well I’m not the world’s most passionate guy / But if that asshole can dance / Well then fuck it so can I.” Geoff Reacher’s intruiging electro country hybrid is definitely worth checking out.

Mixtape tracks- Look Me in the Eye, Snarling Wheels of Sin, My Heart’s a Rocket
Freebies- You Like My Song, Snarling Wheels of Sin
(And I love the comment on Reacher’s site referring to his MySpace page, “if you want em to sound crappier.”)