Sam Baker - Mercy

Sam Baker is a singer-songwriter of the Austin variety. The title of his debut album, Mercy, is just one word and so are each of his song titles. Baker - who's also penned short stories - chooses his words very carefully.

Baker is a vivid storyteller both in terms of what he chooses to write about and the brevity with which he brings his stories to life. Among the people who populate his songs are a husband who's lost his wife of fifty years, a wayward daughter heading home, a single mom overwhelmed in a drive-through window and other folks with hard lives looking for soft places to land.

Baker's voice seems more ragged than you'd expect from his picture on the cover the CD booklet. Baker's lyrics sometimes are run roughshod by his vocals. This is a record with a wounded beauty and an aching spirit.

Track Listing :

• Waves
• Truale
• Baseball
• Thursday
• Change
• Pony
• Kitchen
• Iron
• Prelude
• Steel
• Angels
• Mercy

More information about Sam Baker can be found at the Sam Baker official website