Nothing Short of Now

Brandon Pfeiffer's Nothing Short of Now offers a half a dozen heart-on-your-sleeve songs that offers himself and the microphone. His voice takes command over the music and sounds like he is singing acoustically with little studio magic to warp it. It's a very mellow album.

"Woven Wood" is an upbeat song followed by the sappy "Missing you" ("I'm missing you in ways I never knew existed," Pfeiffer croons). It has the same uppity beats of the previous track but does not seem to do the song as much justice as the lyrics don't seem to coincide with the music.

"Get Inspired" contains a favorite lyric: "Say love is the only thing to come between us, I hear you say enough, say enough for me to shut up." "Out to See" is a quick hiccup in the album where Pfeiffer employs a call and answer method with his own voice. The last two tracks are the most unique on "Nothing Short of Now" and "Wearing Me Out" as the listener can hear a child's piano and a kazoo-like sound on the tracks, respectively.

Nothing Short of Now is worth a listen. He may even follow in the footsteps of John Mayer when a full 12-track album comes out.