Boy Without God - "Of Cowboys & Other Beautiful Men"

"If I was a beautiful man, I wouldn't worry 'bout love," sings Gabriel Birnbaum over a quietly fingerpicked acoustic guitar on "Of Cowboys & Other Beautiful Men." Over the course of the its four-plus minutes, this sparse acoustic ditty slowly opens up with bursts of brass, strums of electric guitar, and heart-tugging strings, creating a florid and intoxicating concoction. The last time I wrote about Birnbaum's Boy Without God project was in February of 2010 for his blissful home-brewed single "City Kids." Now, Boy Without God is set to return with a polished and intimate ten-track studio release, God Bless The Hunger, due out on June 21st. Now, one more time:  "If I was a beautiful man, I wouldn't worry 'bout love." How great is that line?

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Boy Without God - "Of Cowboys & Other Beautiful Men" (from God Bless The Hunger)

Boy Without God - "City Kids"

Boston multi-instrumentalist Gabriel Birnbaum, who records under the moniker Boy Without God, recently released the single "City Kids" for Bad Panda Records. There is a bit of a Magnetic Fields flavor to Birnbaum and that works magic for him on this pleasant, horn-dusted single.

Boy Without God - "City Kids" (from City Kids single)