Words On Music presents A Whisper in a World Too Loud — Almost Charlie's fifth album of captivating waltzes, brisk indie pop gems, and ornate ballads delivered by Berlin singer / multi-instrumentalist Dirk Homuth and New York City lyricist Charlie Mason.

The record features a dozen new works that showcase a mastery of songwriting: Mason's lyrical imagery is penned with such matchless wit and detail that it resonates as memorably as Homuth's elegant melodies. Such cohesion defines the Homuth-Mason transatlantic songwriting team who, to this day, has never once met.

Homuth brilliantly uses the economy of songwriting implemented by giants like The Beatles ("On The Best Day I Can't Wait to Remember") and Simon & Garfunkle ("Somewhen Else") to guide his hand as he pens an undeniably personalized musical signature.

The 3/4-metered album opener, "The Carousel Never Stops," finds Oded Kaydar's piano plucks and swells complementing Homuth's voice in a fatalistic account of the circularity of existence.

"Go a Little Easy" is quickly etched onto the list of the band's most immediate indie pop gems with a soaring chorus, Beach Boys-esque bridge, and an understated trumpet solo.

Almost Charlie records reliably present an array of sonic palettes with which Homuth recounts Mason's profoundly touching yet clever verse: sprouting from the rumbling, atmospheric rhythms of "Hear the Leaves," locked in step with the glockenspiel-punctuated "Things," and causally recounted on the record's sparse, loungy coda "Bricks."

Finding beauty in contradiction, "Two Black Eyes" perhaps best illustrates Almost Charlie's method: a deceptively buoyant song with a rousing chorus whereupon Homuth recounts some of Mason's darkest imagery:

"And all that's left of what they were / And what they could've been / Is something bad becoming worse / An angry mass of skin / All that's left of what they were / Their parents realize / Is teeth and claws and matted fur / The chill…of two black eyes."

A Whisper in a World Too Loud was recorded in Berlin by Cameron James and produced and mixed by Homuth.

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