Pat Keen

Once you think you’ve got a handle on Pat Keen, he slips away, pivoting through a plethora of stylistic slip-ons — folk, country, lounge, jazz, Americana — proving to be an instrumental chameleon for our age. The songwriter has collaborated with a few familiar names, from Guerrilla Toss to clarinetist John McCowen but his latest finds him solo above the marquee. As he preps the new record, the first vinyl release on Island House, Keen proves as mercurial as ever. The album opens with a country countenance, slips through jazz shadows with the help of friends on clarinet, keys, steel, and brass, and inhabits corners of more than a few fragrant locales. I Saw A Bug has a lost soundtrack quality to it, a wandering heart that tows the listener through joy and jubilation, morning meanders, and evening strolls.

 

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