Album Review: Dustin Tebbutt - First Light

Knowing about Dustin Tebbutt's influences and background, his first full-length release was always going to be a mellow one; yet the distinctive singer-songwriter still manages to exceed expectations.

Opening with the title track, the album awakens as a completely honest and tender account of love and devotion, as though he was seeing for the first time. Tebbutt somehow blends this all-too-familiar feeling with excitement anew. Capturing a broad spectrum of emotion, from nervous anticipation to contemplative hesitation to full-blown intoxication, Tebbutt evidently wears his heart, like his influences, on his sleeve.