there are perks to running a crappily designed review website you know.
every now and then the postman brings me music i really, really, want to hear.
one such band in this manner is the dark night soundtrackers, soulsavers.
so, when the new album dropped on the mat yesterday my heart skipped a beat.
it seems such a long long time ago that rich from the band told me that he had been over in the usa working with mark lanegan that i virtually expected the results to never surface.
rich was somewhat cagey as to whether the collaboration was to be released under the soulsavers brand, or via some other route. thankfully, the story has come to it’s natural conclusion, and with the help of v2 records, you will all be able to hear the results soon.
for anyone who heard the previous album, tough guys don’t dance, and spin off ep, then you know what to expect, down tempo music that evokes emotion. only last time around the band worked predominantly with a different post-grunge vocalist, josh haden, (ex-spain vocalist) whose broken love style gave the music a more romantic noir edge as opposed to marks religious tar ravaged growl.
proper review tba, but let’s just say, that i reckon this is easily going to be one of my favourite albums of the year.
tracklisting :
revival
ghosts of you and me
paper money
ask the dust
spiritual
kindoms of rain
through my sails
arizona bay
jesus of nothing
no expectations
credits :
tracks 1,2,3,6 &9 – soulsavers with mark lanegan
track 4, 8, & 11 – soulsavers
track 5 – josh haden
track 7 – neil young
track 10 – jaggers/richards
more detail : here