Early in the Morning by Soul Zimon & His Kozmic Combinations Glows with Sleepy Languid Beauty

Soul Zimon & His Kozmic Combinations swept a masterstroke of folk across the airwaves with the release of Early in the Morning. Melodically, it is intimate enough to feel like the gently plucked guitar strings were specifically cut as the key to your own soul, as you feel the resonance of the release pouring in. Zimon captures the sleepy, languid beauty of daybreak, the weariness of pulling yourself into consciousness and the tendency to start seeking, to start reaching. If we’re lucky, it’s on the next pillow, but for many, the reaching renders nothingness into fruition, and that absence is hauntingly echoed through this warm yet wistful stunner of a release. There’s nothing overworked here, just honest phrasing, deft melodic restraint and a feel for emotional detail that lands right in the chest. It’s a lovely, low-burning reminder that folk still has the power to say the most with the least. Rooted in a Swedish take on countryfolk-blues and drawing from the golden age of folk, Americana and country music, Soul Zimon carries the kind of stripped-back sincerity that calls to mind the inward pull of Townes Van Zandt, the earth-worn tenderness of early Neil Young and the plainspoken ache […]

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