Shawn Mullins - Better Days

Sincere, subdued, and seriously lackluster, Shawn Mullins' 1992 self-release, Better Days, is a promising effort dampened by unremarkable material. Mullins performs with confidence and emotion, but without a single memorable melody, the singer/songwriter can only struggle with his own creations. None of Better Days' 12 tracks generate any kind of lyrical spark, as the same old lovelorn, world-weary images and testimonies to artistic temperament clog up the passageways out of tavern-singer obscurity. Read More