Artist: Dead Man Winter
Album: Furnace
Bitrate: 247kbps avg
Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz
Label: Thirty Tigers
Genre: Folk/Rock
Size: 75.72 megs
PlayTime: 0h 40min 41sec total
Rip Date: 2017-01-27
Store Date: 2017-01-27
Track List:
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01. This House Is On Fire 4:00
02. Destroyer 3:04
03. Red Wing Blue Wing 4:12
04. I Remember This Place Being 3:37
Bigger
05. The Same Town 3:14
06. Cardinal 3:33
07. Am I Breaking Down 3:03
08. Danger 4:39
09. Weight Of The World 3:50
10. You Are Out Of Control 7:29
Release Notes:
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ThereÆs no joy in a once loving, now terminated relationship. But thereÆs also
little doubt that the somewhat clichΘd ôbreakup albumö has resulted in some of
musicÆs most timeless and iconic masterpieces. DylanÆs Blood on the Tracks,
BeckÆs Sea Change, Amy WinehouseÆs Back in Black, Fleetwood MacÆs Rumours,
SpringsteenÆs Tunnel of Love and, perhaps the daddy of them all, Marvin GayeÆs
Here, My Dear (originally a double vinyl set whose proceeds were intended to pay
his alimony); at their best these projects captured the raw longing, severe
introspection and occasional anger concerning a liaison gone sour, all with the
emotional intensity that only heartbreak can bring.
Those aspects are on display in another entry to the ôbreakup albumö club, Dead
Man WinterÆs Furnace. The founder of MinnesotaÆs often frantic bluegrass rockers
Trampled by Turtles, Dave Simonett reverts to his folk/rock alias for this
sophomore side trip, a melancholy exploration of a shattered marriage made worse
because children were involved. ItÆs painful stuff with concepts that are almost
unbearably personal. The singer/songwriter admits in his liner notes ôàI had a
long and violent debate with myself about whether or not to even release this
album.ö Ultimately, he made the right choice.
On ôDestroyerö he sings, ôAll I wanted then was to die, but you would not let me
go,ö and on the stark, dark ôCardinal,ö itÆs, ôNow I just break, everything that
I touch/ thereÆs no way under, or around itö with a forlorn everyman voice that
feels bowed but not broken. Certainly this isnÆt something youÆll be playing at
your next party, but not all of the tunes areásomber. ThereÆs often a strummy
folk/rock propulsion (circa DylanÆs Highway 61 Revisited,áseen in tracks
likeáôAm I Breaking Downö and ôDangerö) thatáwill have youásinging along
toáless-than-cheeryályrics like ôBut the sky will fall, it doesnÆt matter at
all.ö
The extended closer ôYou Are Out of Controlö even drifts into Pink Floyd-ish
space rock territory. It starts with just acoustic guitar and gradually unfurls
into an almost 8-minute epic capturing the confusion and hopelessness of
SimonettÆs life spiraling out of control. The song is a riveting bookend to what
was clearly a devastating year in the artistÆs life and caps a worthy musical
addition to the ôbreakup albumö society he is now a member of.