Like So Close, So Very Far To Go (1970), this album also tends to get the mere-mention treatment from Jake Holmes appreciators. I’ve focused upon three songs in it: “Trust Me” (#1), “WASP” (#2), and “Silence” (#10). Despite the first impression that the title “Trust Me” may connote, this is a love song, and the title carries no irony. It's straight rock with a Nashville flavor added occasionally, and its theme is that love flickers and fades without mutual trust, provided that the fellow is ready to settle down. “WASP” is a mockery song, country-style. The humor connotes an attitude that snooters are bantam roosters, who think they’re bigger than they are. (This is the flipside to “Houston Street.”) “Silence” is a song about shriveling love. It's more of a soft-rock song, with Jake Holmes using his sing-from-the-hilltops voice in it. The song itself implies that complications in relationships, as well as disappearing talk, is a sign that the two lovers are growing apart.
You can download all 10 songs off this album here. All of them, plus 15 more, are free for new downloaders.
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