Taiwanese singer, guitarist songwriter Lin Sheng-Xiang used to be a member of the excellent Labour Exchange Band before turning solo. His second album has a simple and endearing sound, with Sheng-Xiang's strong melodies, acoustic guitar and singing accompanied by fellow acoustic guitarist from Japan Ken Ohtake and Okinawa's Takashi Hirayasu playing sanshin on many of the tracks. As with LEB, the words matter and the sumptuous booklet has full translations in both English and Japanese. Excellent recording, with a similar simplicity to Takashi Hirayasu's album with Bob Brozman, but with more of a singer/songwriter feel than traditional.
