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Local CD review: Jim Halfpenny ‘Truth Trust and Other Ghosts’
Jim Halfpenny
‘Truth Trust and Other Ghosts’
Jim Halfpenny has been an Austinite for only a small fraction of his life, but you’d never guess it from his music. Sure, his songs are full of sun-washed guitars that nod to his former career as a film composer in Los Angeles. But beneath this bright sheen is an earthy, country-tinged roots rock sound that’s right at home in the Hill Country.
Halfpenny’s second album, “Truth Trust and Other Ghosts,” stays true to the elements that made his debut a solid effort. The music marries mainstream ’90s alternative with Americana to produce tightly crafted songs that sit somewhere between the Wallflowers and Tom Petty.
But the album really punches when Halfpenny drives the music home with stark, relatable images. “Strokes of genius and poetry and gloom/I stored them all in paper balls in the corner of the room,” he sings on “Aims and Wishes.”
You can catch Halfpenny at the Nutty Brown Cafe on Wednesday nights, where he hosts the open mike.
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