Music :.

With a rasping, reverberating voice and a gentle acoustic strum, Arlo creates soulful soundscapes, betraying you into thinking these are renditions of ballads you've heard before.

His music has the potential to deliver to a market of radio-friendly and agreeable pop, but for his insistance to deliver beautifully mournful tales of love and loss, driven by an undertone of alternative rock sensibilities. With influences placed somewhere between the angsty-pop of Placebo, the taught emotion of the Afghan Whigs, the quirky-lyricism of Dave Matthews, the perceptive songsmanship of Ben Harper, and the vocal qualities of Ian Astbury, this is truly thought-provoking, heart-rendering stuff, essential in moments of reflection and vibrant in moments of solitude.

We eagerly anticipate his recent transition to a full-scale rock ensemble!

Roxarch review December 2003.