There is a scene in The Godfather where a man down on his luck breaks down in tears in front of Vito Corleone. "I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do", he cries. Corleone (Marlon Brandon) reacts angrily, shaking him with the words "You can act like a man! Whatsa matter with you?"
Not the most sensitive response, admittedly, but I confess to much the same feelings when hearing the five sad tunes on this EP.
While I sympathise with the slough of despond the folk singer finds himself in, the sentiments here amount to little more than pleas to 'make the world go away'.
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"What's wrong with me, all these years I have no idea of who to be", is his woeful lament on Hunted while on the title track he notes ruefully "No matter where I go I am always chasing rain".
Fragile, fearful and fatalistic, the songs are plainly cries for help but offer no solid grounds for sympathy.
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