Double-albums can be kind of irksome. Often, they can seem to be
a mark or extreme egotism, hubris, and sheer excess. But not always.
Sometimes it just takes 2 albums to say what you’ve gotta say. Case in point: the upcoming double (well, technically it’s 2 separate discs, but come on)
from Marty Anderson
aka Okay, titled Low Road/High Road, that is out
this week on Absolutely Kosher. If you
at all dig the mp3s below, then I do recommend picking these discs up. He sounds sort of like a combo of Destroyer and Devendra Banhart, filtered through Half-Handed Cloud:

One thing that should be mentioned - Anderson is a hometaper (pretty much) by necessity,
as he has a rare medical condition that keeps him confined to his home most of the time. Basically,
these 2 discs are a document of one year of Anderson’s life, as he sat confined to his room. That bit of knowledge adds quite a dose of intensity to what at first seems to be just a collection of simple and catchy indie-pop songs.

Also, due to his health, Okay will not be touring to support these discs, though there will be
a few special performances scheduled for New York, Chicago, LA, and San Francisco (the
“album release show” is April 6th at Bottom of the Hill).

And the SF Bay Guardian has a great piece on Marty Anderson/Okay here.