1. Devils Seed
2. Supply and Demand
3. Lower Class
4. High Hopes
5. Coward’s Redemption
6. Ecosystem
7. How Long
8. Suburbia
9. We the People
10. Ghost Town Employment Agency
11. Attention Span
12. Demon Drink
13. Boredom Nation
14. 9 to 5 Slave
15. Revolution!
16. Me, Myself and I
17. Cowboys and Indians
18. High Hopes Take 2
19. False Gods
20. Doing It for the Kids
21. Country Fried Gail
22. Vision Quest
23. Simple Truth
24. Hip Hop Avenue
25. California
26. Tin Can Drum
27. Urban Sprawl
28. California Special
It’s not often you get handed a 28 track demo for free at a gig so I thought I’d better try my best to write a review. I don’t have time to go into great detail regarding every track but let me begin by saying if you get the chance to see Daniel Orlick play live then snap up the opportunity. As long as you’ve wet your whistle and you’re in a pleasant mood, you’re in for a giggle. Mr Orlick gives you an acoustic set worthy of a place on BBC 1’s ‘The Stand-up Show’. Like Bill Bailey has been prone to do, Orlick employs music to get his sense of humour across. Unlike Bill Bailey, I presume Orlick regards himself as a musician before a comedian, and his adeptness at spanning different genres, be it with obvious simplicity, serves to back this up. He’s a modern day folk performer with more than just a comedy edge and he had this reviewer sniggering, chuckling, and downright guffawing throughout his set. There’s a political message that’s easy to receive if you’re tuned in but where many performers can alienate an audience with the heaviness of their diatribe, Daniel Orlick is well aware that the best way to win peoples hearts and minds is to have them laugh, be it at or with him! This CD makes pleasant listening whether you’re having a toke and giving it your full attention or just leaving it playing in the background. Whilst the guitar strumming for the most part is rudimentary, with reggae seemingly a formative influence, when it comes to the singing the boy’s got soul! Book this interesting character for a prime time TV comedy slot now!
Will Gray
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