Ian Burden, Hey Hey Ho Hum Review

Ian Burden is a composer and keyboard player that was a member of the 80’s band Human League. Burden co-wrote “Do or Die,” “The Sound Of The Crowd” and “Love Action” on the Dare album, as well as others, but over the last thirty years he has been kept a low profile. Hey Hey Ho Hum, Burden’s second solo album, finds the keyboardist writing, singing, producing and recording on the album. Hey Hey Ho Hum is a concept album, presented as suite of music with recurring themes and motifs throughout the project. The programming and synths sounds on the album are outstanding with warmth and intimacy that is seldom heard on an electronic based album. There are plenty of layers to Burden’s music and his lyrics and soft singing draw the listener in, for the attentive listener each new listen will bring new discoveries. That’s the short of it!