Rating:
Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 08/21/2007
The previous albums by Colorado-born, Los Angeles-based
neo-folkie singer/songwriter Patrick Park have been promising but spotty, but coming nearly four years after 2003's
Loneliness Knows My Name, the far more self-assured
Everyone's in Everyone is a big step forward. Opening with the immediately engaging solo voice and guitar tune
"Life Is a Song," Everyone's in Everyone moves from strength to strength. Highlights include the genuinely great
"Here We Are," a propulsive
country-rocker in the vintage '70s Laurel Canyon style that features a strong, memorable chorus, and the moodier, mysterious
"Saint with a Fever," which mines territory closer to vintage
Richard Thompson. There isn't a single duff track on this concise 11-song album, which seems destined to put
Park alongside
Josh Ritter and
Josh Rouse in the top tier of American
folk-rock singer/songwriters.
~Stewart Mason, All Music Guide