Mr Hudson - "A Tale of Two Cities"

I heard of Mr Hudson thanks to my brother, who downloaded the upcoming album and said he thought I'd enjoy it. So...I did a bit of research for myself and found Mr Hudson's older album, "A Tale of Two Cities". Glad I took a listen!

As you'll be able to tell through his ridiculously thick accent and use of funny words, Mr Hudson is a British musician that I can't quite put under any one particular genre. Vocals resemble Coldplay on some tracks - especially "Upon the Heath", and the Kooks on others. It may just be that I can't differentiate one British band from another, but that would be my two cents if you want to know what you're getting yourself into. Pretty much, if you took the sounds of Coldplay and the Kooks and put them looped to some simple drum beats to accent the bass and piano notes, you'd get Mr Hudson.

Oh, another interesting point that I haven't mentioned yet - I notice that everywhere I search Mr Hudson online, they all come up with no period (".") after the Mr part...just something to note.

To listen to this whole album, check out Mr Hudson's myspace page. Like I mentioned before, he's coming out with a new mixtape/album titled "Straight No Chaser" featuring the likes of many famous American artists (check out "Supernova" ft. Kanye West). For now, Mr Hudson gets my rave review.

My vote: 4 stars
My favorite track:
"Bread & Roses" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga4aX00fy9k&feature=related,
"2x2" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdjlxsdWsik&feature=related &
"Upon the Heath" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtEumm88SI0