- Gothic Americana
- Singer-songwriter
- Art blues
- Noir rock
- Art rock
- Cinematic
- Alternative rock
Comment: by
following titles of this 13-notch outing (
Working For The Devil,
Sinners Last Request,
Revenge Is My Only Friend,
Nicotine,
Liquor & Blasphemy,
Never Take Me
Alive) one can admit the dark, adeptly stylised nature of the
songwriter who is obviously influenced by such artsy juggernauts as
Tom Waits, Nick Cave, and Johnny Cash whose aesthetics used to hark
back to the blues music/delta blues at a more or less extent. On the
other side, all these reclusive somber themes are appropriately
backed up by sublime orchestrations, reverberant and sustained string
chords and accentuated stretched singing manner with rich timbre as
if providing an impressive depiction of the apocalypse. In fact,
there is no difference either regarding personally or in general. One
of the tags of the album is "cinematic" based on Spaghetti
Western-alike/Morricone-esque exalted threads. I do not know is it
the sign of the recent time and age but it fits in very appropriately
to this ill-omened age with a little perspective to survive and
evolve in an organic way and be in concordance with the universe. We
can freely depict ourselves as a little cottage in Outer Space while
being burdened with responsibility to tide it up and manage it
rationally (we are subconsciously even more burdened by the alleged
first sin and the fall of man). For still able to preserve our
human-alike face rather than devolving to a fucked-up transgressive
diabolical being (unfortunately I am a bloody dick by the way).
However, one must not reclaim him/herself as a prophet to foresee
hard times to come very soon when supposedly anyone must do very
crucial decisions on the base of conflicting moral incantations and
survival intentions. It may be happening like our beloved Johnny Cash
sang at
Wanderer /I went out walking/Through streets paved
with gold/Lifted some stones/Saw the skin and bones/Of a city without
a soul/. Partly because of that, it is a befitting listening leg and
partly because of being somehow ennobling and purgative despite the
doom-laden lyrics. The marvellous, schmaltz-free outing is a part of
the discography of Death Roots Syndicate, and a part of the roster of Speak Up Recordings. By kindred souls,
additionally to the abovementioned ones and artists from within the
imprint, it is recommended the listening of Moses Luster.
