Dave Hause's record …And The Mermaid offers a welcome shock to the system, blending Hause’s signature lyrical elan and gift for surging melodies with his keening vocals and some deliciously sharp musical elbows courtesy of the titular group. The Philly-bred, California-based singer-songwriter always longed to be in a different kind of mob, and this record is that rock and roll band distilled into 10 songs.
