Album Review: Begin the Chagrin

David W. Jacobsen, a relatively unknown singer and songwriter, has been steadily putting his music out into the world ever since 1995, when his punk band Silent Bob released their first album. Over 18 released albums, his musical styles have shifted from punk, maturing into a sound that he describes as singer-songwriter folk “mixed with a healthy dose of sarcasm.” All this musical experience and maturation has resulted in Jacobsen’s most recent work, “Begin the Chagrin,” which was ...