Album Review: Rob Snarski - Low Fidelity (Volume 1)

When Rob Snarski set about setting up crowd-funding for his previous album, Wounded Bird, little did he know that it would allow him to make two albums at once. One of the options through the crowd funding project was for Snarski to record a version of songs requested by pledgers onto his iPhone for them.

Snarski took these tunes to Shane O’Mara for a bit of a polishing and Low Fidelity Volume 1 was ready to roll. Stripping most things back to just an acoustic guitar and the voice the angels clearly sent him, Snarski delivers the best rendition of Tiny Dancer outside of the Almost Famous soundtrack. There are plenty of classic tunes such as Wichita Lineman, Bridge Over Troubled Water and Satellite Of Love that benefit greatly from these effortless smooth vocals.

It is when people get more creative with their requests that the gold really comes out. The slowed down wander through Pulp’s Babies is inspired as is the haunting moment of Phosphorescent’s Wolves. 

Snarski’s guitar playing has improved out of sight over the years and the quietly spoken singer is a performer who is clearly comfortable in his own skin. On Low Fidelity Volume 1, he is at ease in other people’s too.

Originally published in X-Press Magazine