JaSON COLLETT Motor Motel Love Songs (Arts and Crafts) Rating: NNNN Rating: NNNN
This collection of rugged roots rock gems, which dropped independently last November but was picked up by local superhip indie Arts and Crafts (see Broken Social Scene), is a marvellously intimate feat of singer-songwriting craft on a par with Ron Sexsmith’s best work. Toronto community-builder and sometime Broken Social Scenester Collett has culled the best tracks from a handful of earlier self-released discs, resulting in an album of top-drawer songs that rock quietly (as on the excellent Choke Cherry, with its sing-along chorus) and breathe small, perfect sentiments of love, with nary a dull spot in the lot.
