Adventure Man
Album | Eg White
Sharply crafted melodies call to mind everything from The Style Council to Steely Dan
Francis "Eg" White spends most of his time these days as a hitman-for-hire, penning and producing hit tunes for British pop-soul songbirds like Duffy and Adele, among many others, but once every several years, he'll take a break from his day job and release an album of his own. Adventure Man is only Eg's third such outing since his lost-classic debut, 24 Years of Hunger, a 1991 collaboration with Alice Temple, but with results like these, we wouldn't want to rush him. Adventure Man attaches Eg's sharply crafted melodies to pop, rock, and vaguely jazzy R&B in a manner calling to mind everything from The Style Council to Steely Dan. Cool and classy, Eg's elegant tunes unfurl themselves so organically that you aren't even aware of their expert aural embroidery until you begin to marvel at it in retrospect. What brings it all home is Eg's vocal delivery. Unlike the clients who bring in his biggest paydays, he's not a belter by any means. He's more a Pete Townshend than a Roger Daltrey, and that humble, human quality gives his voice an endearing everyman effect that communicates more immediately than the melismatic wailing of a dozen soul sirens.
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