When we heard The Guggenheim Grotto changed their name to Storyman, we wasn’t expecting much more than that, a new set of clothes on a well-worn groove. But the Brooklyn-by-Ireland alt pop group has done far more than updating monikers. The songwriting duo of Kevin May and Mick Lynch has expanded from their coffeehouse roots to include a huge landscape filled with abstract imagery and moving lyrics. It’s quite a stylistic shift, and is captured well by producer Chris Kuffner for the band’s just-released debut ‘This Time Around.’ Check out the video for first single ‘Coming Home’ below to see the duo decorate the city with word bubbles held up by a cast of tourists and oddities you’ll only find in New York. See Storyman Live tomorrow (12.06 at Webster Hall. – Mike Levine (@Goldnuggets)
