Kelly, Ruston - Pale, Through The Window

Ruston Kelly has established himself as an essential songwriting voice, capable of transforming his unsparing and often-painful self-examination into moments of sublime catharsis. Tracks like the single, "Half Past Three", feels like a homecoming in a sense as he leans deep into the storytelling that his fans so often equate with his music. With a lyrical sensibility that constantly shifts from candid to poetic, the South Carolina-born singer/songwriter imbues his songs with equal parts nuanced confession and punkrock irreverence, mining inspiration from such eclectic sources as the Carter Family, transcendentalist philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and seminal emo act, Dashboard Confessional.