This is a hard record to put a finger on. I've listened to it at least five times before I decided to really start writing this review. Each time I listened to a song I wracked my brain to think of what I could say about this record that would do it justice, and get the point across. What could I compare it to that you readers would be able to draw a thought on? The answer is... absolutely nothing.

A solo acoustic album, great guitar playing, beautiful lyrics, and a voice unlike I've heard before. The vocals get a bit strained sometimes, but not necessarily in a negative way. More like in a Placebo circa 2003 and the "Soulmates Never Die" live DVD... enough to be interesting, not enough to be irritating. I've always referred to that strained vocals as a "Love it or hate it" sound, no real room for middle ground. I personally love it, if it's pulled off correctly, and I think that Frankie Mayfield does a great job keeping control of the strained vocals meets almost the glam rock simple melody.

Perhaps that's the best way to go about describing the sound: an updated modernized Glam-Rock melody with the acoustic performance of Right Away, Great Captain and a wavering version of Brian Molko's vocal cords. Man that sounds so strange in writing, but to listen to it, it's really great!

'Damn, You Created It' is a genre-bending pleasure to listen to. To quote the bio-sheet "Damn, You Created It proves that you don't have to fit a mold to make an awesome record". and I agree 100%! It's our jobs to try and relate a sound to you in a way that you may have heard before, to something easily recognizable... but in this instance, there's only -ish and -like, Frankie Mayfield has honestly carved out his very own niche in the scene.

Check out the music video for Frankie Mayfield's song "Everything Monroe" from "Damn, You Created It!