Eef Barzelay

Man, its such a nice feeling when I only JUST discover music that has been around for a long time, it gives me this surge of realization that there is still a ton of incredible music out there waiting for me to discover. Anyway, many of you may already know of Eef Barzelay, and if so, it would of been AWESOME if you had told me about him a few YEARS ago, but, you know what, its okay. Anyway, I do know Clem Snide, and Eef Barzelay is in fact the lead singer and main creative drive of the band Clem Snide. WHO KNEW! I listened to the 2006 LP release of Bitter Honey before his recently released Lose Big, and instantly fell in love with Barzelay immediately after his classic-whiny-in-a-good-way-indie-folk-voice sang the very first verse of the very first song, “Ballad of Bitter Honey”, which goes: “That was my ass you saw bouncing, next to Ludacris. It was only on screen for a second, but it was kinda hard to miss. And all those other hoochie skanks, they ain’t got shit on me. And one of Nelly’s bodyguards, he totally agreed.”. Anyways, I’m really happy about finding this stuff, its good music to help you get through the last little stretch of this cold/grey/gloomy winter.

I feel like a lot of the people I’m speaking through in these songs are yearning for some sort of liberation,” he continues. “Each song is like its own character that’s a part of me as well. Like a lot of my Clem Snide material, Lose Big gravitates towards older, simpler music because I’m a traditionalist in the spirit of Hank Williams, Neil Young and Bob Dylan. The difference is that lyrically, it’s more ‘grown up’ and has intimate songs that I wrote between the living room and the bedroom.” – website

enjoy! enjoy! enjoy!!!!

Eef Barzelay – Well

Eef Barzelay – Ballad of Bitter Honey