Artist: The Wood Brothers
Album: Paradise
Bitrate: 255kbps avg
Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz
Label: Thirty Tigers
Genre: Rock
Size: 74.96 megs
PlayTime: 0h 39min 07sec total
Rip Date: 2015-10-10
Store Date: 2015-10-02
Track List:
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01. Singin' To Stranglers 3:51
02. American Heartache 3:42
03. Never And Always 3:56
04. Snake Eyes 3:31
05. Two Places 4:25
06. Heartbreak Lullaby 3:24
07. Without Desire 3:48
08. Raindrop 3:55
09. Touch Of Your Hand 3:56
10. River Of Sin 4:39
Release Notes:
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Salvation, sin, loneliness, yearning, desire, faith, prayers for peace and
heartache arenÆt concepts to be taken lightly. But on their fifth studio effort,
the Wood Brothers wrap spry, soulful folk-rock around songs that address those
and other weighty topics with a light touch and even some surprisingly forceful
grooves.
Paradise, recorded at Dan AuerbachÆs Easy Eye Sound Nashville studio, represents
the first time the group ùbrothers Chris and Oliver Wood along with
percussionist/multi-instrumentalist Jano Rix ù composed an album with all the
members in the room. The result is the warmest, most sublime and occasionally
rowdiest Wood Brothers release. OliverÆs expressive, immediately distinctive
voice and spirited wordplay remains at the heart of the sound. But refined,
meticulously arranged horns on half the tracks expand the actÆs folksy vista.
That also brings them closer to The Band, a frequent comparison, especially on
the New Orleans funeral march tempo of the magnificent ôTwo Places.ö
The opening ôSinging To Strangersö featuring ChrisÆ seldom heard harmonica
skills kicks things off in fine rocking fashion. But itÆs on ôSnake Eyesö with
its modified Bo Diddley beat where the threesome fully explores their more
aggressive side. The raw, bluesy ôRaindropö combines a Tom Waits vibe with angry
lyrics (ôput a stain on an innocent heart/ it just wonÆt wash awayö) for a tune
that swings as hard as anything the trio has done. ItÆs followed by the lovely
tropicalia and bittersweet sentiments of ôTouch Of Your Handö (ônothing brings
peace to the soul of a man/ like the sweet lovinÆ touch of your handö) featuring
honeyed slide guitar that mirrors the similarly styled concepts.
The cover art of the carrot and stick ù reaching for fulfillment thatÆs just out
of reach ù can reference any number of these songs. But an aching sense of
longing has seldom felt this good and Paradise, nearly a decade on from the Wood
BrotherÆs debut, is the sound of a band not so much hitting its stride as
refining it.