On this third full-length, Hanalei is (now again) the acoustic solo project of Brian Moss (The Wunder Years, The Ghost, Olehole) where he sometimes plays along with a laptop but sometimes alone. I actually met Brian (once) when my old band Allister played with the Wunder Years at some shithole in Colorado Springs in 1999. I never guessed that he would make a record like this. At times gentle, restrained, and beautiful, and other times raw and demo-like, but always oddly and wonderfully affecting. You might not like this album (though that would be kinda strange since it’s really great) but I love it. One Big Night is essentially simple singer/songwriter stuff that (like stuff from all the good ones) is much more than that. One of my favorites of 2010 for sure. RIYL: Matt Skiba, Denison Witmer, etc…
MP3:
Hanalei - Keep Digging
Hanalei - Moth To The Flame
