Tomorrowland

2012 album from the Oscar-winning singer/songwriter. The album contains plenty of the pliant acoustic work that has marked Bingham’s previous studio sets, but Tomorrowland expands his musical landscape exponentially. Guitars howl into keyboards and drums stomp against strings, all bolstered by Bingham’s jagged, weather-beaten vocals. By turns deeply confessional (Never Far Behind), and by others unflinchingly observant about society’s underbelly (the epic Rising of the Ghetto), Tomorrowland features Bingham’s fearless honesty throughout. With more experience and a mantel full of awards, like his 2010 Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy wins for his song The Weary Kind from 2009’s Crazy Heart, the 31-year old Bingham finds himself, in many ways, back at the beginning.