April 04, 2016
William Ben Brooks
Brooks, Bays, Garner, Jacobanis
Producer: William Ben Brooks
Number of discs: 1
Social Creatures
Acoustically engaging and sometimes lyrically provocative, singer songwriter William Brooks releases his sixth collection of odd tales and questionably true stories. We are given glimpses inside a world-weary troubadour, beautifully supported with all the message and drive of a 60's folk rock artist easily at home in Woodstock or San Francisco. Sometimes humorous, always moving, William Brooks crafts his stories of dysfunctional relationships with dramatic twists and unexpected turns. It reveals a well-worn life perspective come to life in this twelve tunes of survival and surrender as well as protest and acceptance. The journey of Social Creatures puts a fist in the face of corporate greed, political confidence men and cleverly unconscious lovers. It then turns a corner and embraces true love and spiritual growth. Only to then fall in an open manhole of the ironic uncomfortable humor of having your heart crushed, stuffed and mounted in a dark-wood paneled office trophy case. Expect the unexpected.