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Album Review: David Gray - Mutineers

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Mutineers is somehow simple and elegant, while also extravagant and grand.

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A little over 20 years and ten albums in, Mutineers shows that David Gray has perfected his acoustic folk that's not so acoustic. Or so folk, for that matter. David Gray songs might start as simple guitar- or piano-based exercises in traditional songwriting, but he's never scared to layer on more and more instruments, harmonies, production flourishes and genre tricks. More importantly, he always knows when to stop adding all that stuff so the heart is never lost under all of those bells and whistles. Mutineers is somehow simple and elegant, while also extravagant and grand.