Music as therapy

Super XX Man finds an unconventional muse

Alex Hubesch

Vanguard staff

In a world where kids, divas, teens and tweens rule the sonic landscape, one might think that a nasally family man hailing from Portland, Ore., would have a tough run of it. But this is a trifle that Scott Garred, the supreme force behind Super XX Man (pronounced “super double-ex man”), never seems to think about. If ever there were to be a father figure of the Portland music scene, it is Garred, and the 12 albums he has amassed in almost as many years show the quality of a truly timeless songwriter.