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Artist...... Covey
Album....... Class Of Cardinal Sin
Label....... Rise Records
Genre....... Indie
Releasedate 2021-06-18
Encoder.....
Bitrate..... 320kbps
Size........ 98.14 mb
Duration.... 40:17
WWW......... http://www.amazon.com/dp/B091KH6LR7/
.Tracklist .................................................................
01 Cut On The Crease [ 3:07]
02 1991 [ 3:30]
03 Why Am I Alive? [ 3:17]
04 Four Dollar Sandwich [ 3:53]
05 Sam Jam [ 3:59]
06 Point Mutation [ 3:54]
07 Crooked Spine [ 6:03]
08 Local Anesthesia [ 4:03]
09 Sound Of A Gun [ 4:23]
10 Marzipan Pills [ 4:08]
.Releasenotes ..............................................................
After a strange and isolated 2020, which saw Brooklyn-based Covey transform a
lonely tour across North America into a fully-fledged album, the British
songwriter is back with a new record, æClass of Cardinal SinÆ.
Delving more wholeheartedly into the eclectic folk-punk thatÆs characterised
his previous output, the album deals with the residues of childhood trauma
and bleak schoolboy days. Brushed equally with plaintive nostalgia and
screaming anxiety, Covey discusses not cute scenes of bike riding and
home-baked muffins, but rather the time when a grown man poured scalding
coffee on his sisterÆs head, and the guilty freedom of the first Christmas
away from the family home.
ThereÆs a strained lightness in his jaunty vocals that isnÆt as at odds with
the albumÆs themes as it might first seem û skimming just behind the
geniality, anger and reckless worry jostle for attention. The falsely jovial
faτade mimics the sinister undertones of folk culture, toying with the neat
veneer of neighbourly smiles that suburban culture peddles. In dealing with
the aftershock of childhood, Covey reverts to childish petulance in response
to upsettingly mature events. The youthful reactions and campfire chords
mingle despondency with sumptuous self-indulgence, tarnishing depression with
a crooked golden grin.
The whole record is shot through with off-kilter indie pop, teasing humour
throughout even as the tracks teeter on the brink. And if they ever get too
close to the edge, he has a trick up his sleeve to bring it back around, like
the carousel tinklings that take over from the desolate landscape the lyrics
paint in æLocal AnaesthesiaÆ. Like that friend who only ever jokes about
awful events, the album deals with trauma in its own idiosyncratic but
strangely relatable way, working through pain in real-time as the brilliantly
effective collection of songs play through.
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