Hard Enough to Bend	right click to save as
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1. Fourth of July	listen
2. Old Red Barn
3. This Town
4. Esteem of a Name
5. The Rich from the Poor
6. Even After Life
7. Through and Through
8. Norfolk Bay	listen
9. Hard Enough to Bend	listen
10. Ignore the Orange Hand

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Album Reviews:

Though all his albums (acoustic and electric) radiate heart-on-the-sleeve sincerity, David Boone’s newest recording has—in addition to candor—a sense of emotional and instrumental focus. The songs delve into sorrowful tales matched by minor chords, but Boone is an inventive guitar player and deft enough at storytelling that the weight of dark issues doesn’t drown out his reverence for a life lived fully.

It’s the stark contrasts that give the album texture and cohesion: small town pleasures of Seeley Lake are inextricably coupled with the reality of an alcoholic father, and people who harden themselves to love find that hard veneers are the most fragile of all. Everyone has heard these themes before. What personalizes Hard Enough to Bend are the details. Lyrical turns like “I grew up on the outskirts of heaven” followed by “you’d be surprised but I ain’t never going back” show a Springsteen-like awareness of what home really means. And when he finishes the song “Norfolk Bay,” Boone doesn’t just fade out, you can hear him stand up and walk out still playing his guitar. It’s a recording detail that mimics the album’s refreshing composition and unapologetic frankness.
- (Erika Fredrickson – Missoula Independent)


As one of Missoula's most prolific and talented musicians, it's David's honesty, his transparency, that makes his work shine. In his latest, Hard Enough to Bend, it is more and more present in his voice as he sings about poverty, love, war and loss. He blends styles in Hard Enough to Bend showcasing his progression while maintaining his acoustic roots. Reminiscent of Ryan Adams on this album, he uses his signature lyrical prowess and adaptability to take a traditional folk-like feel and turn it into something modern and vibrant -- distancing himself from the run-of-the-mill coffee shop singer-songwriter.
David continues to amaze with his ability to stay open and raw while simultaneously challenging new sounds and styles -- song after song, album after album.
- (Courtney Lowery - New West Missoula)


In its overarching simplicity, “Hard Enough to Bend” manages to channel the best of Boone: his remarkably expressive voice, his gift for soaring melody and his knack for poetic lyrics.
- (Joe Nickell – The Entertainer)


Boone’s unsuspecting voice will grab your attention in a subtle way. On this release, the majority of the songs have him singing in a controlled style that won’t turn heads based on volume. So how does Boone steal the listener’s attention in a crowded coffeehouse where he usually plays? Boone uses his soothing voice mixed with passionate and personal lyrics.

The musicianship on the album isn’t pushing any standards, but that isn’t what Boone and the occasional percussion back-up are trying to do.

“I want to sing the songs and let them stand for themselves,” he said. “Everyone is into overproduction, and I want to see if a song can stand on its own.”
- (Dylan Laslovich - Montana Kaimin)

Other reviews
www.livelytimes.com/feature_articles/music/David_Boone.html

www.newwest.net/index.php/main/article/5792

Artist Commentary:

These songs came from the depths of my core. I have always tried to write vulnerable, sincere material, and to focus on relaying what I truly feel and have come to understand throughout my life’s path. Most of my material prior to Hard Enough to Bend has always seemed to be saying something with intentions attached; to relate, to inspire, to challenge. In the past, I have always wanted to tell people what I have come to believe, to lay it all out on the line. I always felt that it was honesty that mattered, but I had only taken it so far with my own writing. But on this album, I simply wanted to tell my story, not what I believe, but how I came to believe. This album is about my roots, literally and internally. I wrote the album in conceptual and chronological form. To allow the listeners their own interpretations, I am hesitant to write too specifically about my “take” on this new material. I will say that it begins in my youth; with family, struggle, innocence and tragedy. It was my raisings in the small town of Seeley Lake, Montana that There is an exodus, and then there are the realizations, the lessons learned. The album ends with a summary.

 

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