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SHR147 - CD
759718114720
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TASTE THE FLAVOR, NOTHING PAINTED BLUE?S SIXTH FULL-LENGTH, BRINGS THE VETERAN INLAND EMPIRE TRIO TOGETHER FOR THIRTEEN SONGS THAT ARE LOUDER, LOOSER, AND STRANGER THAN ANY PREVIOUS RELEASE WOULD SUGGEST. RECORDED AT TUCSON?S FAMED WAVELAB BY CRAIG SCHUMACHER (GIANT SAND, CALEXICO, NEKO CASE), MOST OF THE ALBUM EMPHASIZES PERFORMANCE AND FEEL OVER ELABORATELY OVERDUBBED ARRANGEMENTS. THIS IS THE BAND'S LEAST RESTRAINED AND MOST VARIED EFFORT, RANGING FROM TOUCHING POP AND ANGULAR SPEEDBALLS TO STONES-Y RIFF-ROCKERS AND ACOUSTIC DUB EXCURSIONS. FRONTMAN FRANKLIN BRUNO'S SHARP-WITTED LYRICS AND EMOTIONALLY ENGAGED VOCALS ARE STILL IN PLACE BUT THEY?RE AUGMENTED BY NEWFOUND GUITAR FIREPOWER AND TOUGH, NO-BULLSHIT RHYTHM ARRANGEMENTS FROM DRUMMER KYLE BRODIE AND BASSIST PETER HUGHES. THIS IS NPB'S FIRST MAJOR RELEASE SINCE 1998 BUT THEY'VE BEEN FAR FROM SLACKERS IN THE INTERIM. BRUNO RELEASED TWO SOLO WORKS AND COLLABORATED WITH THE MOUNTAIN GOATS' JOHN DARNIELLE AND TSUNAMI'S JENNY TOOMEY.
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