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There is this curious equilibrium to existence In order to create balance, the universe must giveth, and the universe must taketh. Kyle Craft, with his now solidified backing band, dubbed Showboat Honey, know this all too well. And this is why their self-titled album, the contemplative yet restless Showboat Honey reflects that sturm und drang. InchThis is basically an album centered around bad luck and good fortune hitting at the same time,Inch Craft explains InchThen, out of nowhere, I find love. Everything went to S**t except that. I guess that's how life works.Inch The sticky-sweet title of the album is lifted from the brightly choral InchBuzzkill Caterwaul Inch InchOnce you were the showboat honey/But your ship sailed out.Inch InchI wanted to make something that sounded like a raucous collision of Leon Russell and Patti Smith,Inch he says, InchBut 'Buzzkill Caterwaul' was the only tune that ended up showcasing that vision.Inch Though aesthetics veer from song to song, Showboat Honey's steadfast formula remains the same. Drummer Haven Mutlz holds down the machine with a '60s/'70s fast-molasses groove that locks in with the slinky rolling bass of Billy Slater. When Kevin Clark isn't bouncing across the piano, his mellotron strings swell in and out of frame. Jack of all trades Ben Steinmetz's organ parts well up from the deep of the songs, while lead guitarist Jeremy Kale's solos rip through them like electricity. On top of it all, sits the tongue-in-cheek phantasmagoria created by Craft's lyrics, in which perspectives shift to imbue life into a cast of intriguing, mysterious characters, à la Bob Dylan. (InchThere is not a single thing in my life that has affected me more than the first time I heard Dylan,Inch says Craft. InchIt immediately changed my life.Inch) Craft started writing about as soon as he could play the guitar at the age of 15. He grew up in the isola
