Alex Izenberg I'm Not Here 5/4/18 TRUE CONFESSIONS 3

TRUE CONFESSIONS 3

with the accent on the brass and strings

8 Heartless

and a healthy dose of pop songs designed for mass exposure

Oteil and Kofi Burbridge and Mike Mattison

Alex Izenberg I'm Not Here 5/4/18 TRUE CONFESSIONS 3Like his debut, 2016's homespun Harlequin, and its ambitious 2020 follow up Caravan Chateau, Alex Izenberg's new album I'm Not Here inhabits the shaggy, world weary mode of artists like Harry Nilsson, John Lennon, Randy Newman, and Lou Reed. With the help of producer Greg Hartunian, and swelling string and woodwind arrangements courtesy of Dirty Projectors' Dave Longstreth, Alex manages a paradoxical and visionary trick: he disappears completely while