Artist: Dead Confederate
Album: In The Marrow
Bitrate: 242kbps avg
Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz
Label: Spider Bomb Records
Genre: Rock
Size: 72.34 megs
PlayTime: 0h 39min 38sec total
Rip Date: 2013-04-22
Store Date: 2013-04-19
Track List:
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01. Slow Poisons 7:34
02. Vacations 3:48
03. Bleed-Through 3:55
04. In The Marrow 5:04
05. Best Of The Worst 5:10
06. Dead Poetry 5:19
07. Big City Life 5:26
08. Winter Waters 3:22
Release Notes:
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Dead ConfederateÆs Southern grunge would feel haunted even if they didnÆt intend
it to, given the eerie echoes of Kurt Cobain in singer Hardy MorrisÆs pained
voice. ThatÆs not to say that Morris is a complete dead-ringer for the iconic
Nirvana singer. His voice is softer around the edges, and as befits his Georgian
roots, decidedly twangier. But when the volume raises and MorrisÆs voice begins
to creak under that tension, or when he curls it to defensive snarl, the
resemblance is downright chilling. A lesser singer might exploit that ghoulish
likeness, but Morris mostly plays it down on Dead ConfederateÆs gripping third
album, In The Marrow, employing his Cobain-ian tics as just an occasional accent
in the bandÆs combustible alternative-rock/Americana pastiche.
Where Dead ConfederateÆs absorbing 2008 debut Wrecking Ball frequently gave way
to driftless, dirgy sprawl, and their tighter 2010 follow-up Sugar felt like an
over-correction, cutting bone in its efforts to sand away rough edges, In The
Marrow strikes a focused balance. The band gets the venom out of their system
early with the brooding, seven-and-a-half minute opener ôSlow Poisons,ö before
taking a decidedly brighter turn on ôVacations,ö the catchiest, crunchiest
power-pop song theyÆve written yet. A similar tunefulness cuts through
ôBleed-Through,ö a Dinosaur Jr.-esque slab of candied sludge, and ôDead Poetry,ö
a fuzzy, woozy track with shades of Built To Spill. Despite its bleak, blustery
faτade, In The Marrow is a pop album at its core, and further testament to how
tortured souls often write the sweetest hooks.