Music
Hudson Freeman
Crackling indie folk with the death anxieties of someone who has left the church
Hudson Freeman grew up in a concrete metroplex in Texas, the child of two evangelical missionaries, but at thirteen suddenly moved to the sparsely populated kingdom of Eswatini. Can you hear it in the music? Freeman is, in any case, an eccentric. At first listen, he makes light-hearted and slightly melancholic indie pop, in the spirit of Alex G and Sufjan Stevens, but like Alex G and Sufjan Stevens, Freeman is secretly exceptionally skilled at his chosen instrument and, on second listen, makes quite daring choices. Just as his parents built churches in the Highveld, Freeman is now construction one shelter after another – it's warm inside, the ambiance a bit unusual.
