Uptown CD Review

With quavering voice, this denizen of the Academy Bar & Eatery lays his lovelorn soul bare on Discoverers, an eight-song study of young love, fear of the future and finding the courage to hold. "Maybe it's just that we are together baby which propels us towards forever," is the key lyric (from The Last Town in Ontario, a reference to Broadway's hometown of Windsor), and Johnny explores this theme thoroughly, miraculously finding melodies in the most minimal of guitar approaches.  Though the songs aren't chronological, Discoverers is the tale of a relationship from start to finish, with special focus on the emotional fallout that follows when on eof a couple of scared kids decides to pull the pin.  Homemade and kinda crude, this journey is nonetheless quite charming.

-- John Kendle, Uptown Magazine

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