Jake Holmes’ third album opens with a shift to a more country-rock Nashville sound, while keeping some folk in. One mockery song is without psychedelic elements; the other has them at its end. There’s a shift to an all-out Nashville sound in the latter mock song. The former has a standard Rousseauian attitude: genuine people sell goods, but never themselves. Jake Holmes contains the standard Holmes theme: genuineness, including genuine personality, is found in the inhabitants of small towns, which make them a better (or at least more restful) place to be. The last song, though, is about sameness without personality. Once again, the ethos that recommends certain places be reserved for certain activities pops up. This album tends to be singled out for Holmes moving from a spare sound to layered songs, even though the added sounds were first introduced in his second album. Evidently, those who criticize this album on those grounds are folkies that dislike country music.
You can download all 11 songs off this album here. All of them, plus 14 more, are free for new downloaders.
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