ARTiST: Bloodkin
ALBUM: Baby, They Told Us We Would Rise Again
BiTRATE: 202kbps avg
QUALiTY: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.97 Final / -V2 --vbr-new / 44.100Khz
LABEL: SCi Fidelity
GENRE: Rock
SiZE: 78.25 megs
PLAYTiME: 0h 51min 15sec total
RiP DATE: 2009-03-10
STORE DATE: 2009-02-17
Track List:
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01. The Viper 7:35
02. Easter Eggs 4:01
03. Ghost Runner 4:20
04. Rhododendron 6:57
05. My Name Is Alice 4:08
06. Heavy With Child 4:04
07. A Place To Crash 6:32
08. Little Margarita 4:12
09. Wait Forever 5:25
10. Summer In Georgia 4:01
Release Notes:
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2008 was quite a year for artistic revival. Portishead remerged from a 10-year
hiatus to create an album wholly beyond themselves. Mickey Rourke overcame a
bruised reputation to achieve an incredible portrayal of, well, himself. Now, it
appears that Georgia-based southern rockers Bloodkin have set the benchmark for
artistic rediscovery in 2009.
ôLets take a road trip, its been a while,ö croons Hutchens on ôSummer in
Georgia,ö the closing track from the bandÆs February release, Baby, They Told Us
We Would Rise Again. Ostensibly, the song is about endless summer days ôhot and
slow as Jalape±o honey.ö But far more than this, it is about the friendship
between BloodkinÆs founding members, Daniel Hutchens and Eric Carter; as well as
an optimistic look at the days ahead.
While we played spaceman and burned action figures, Hutchens and Carter studied
music. While we foolishly chased women, they lamented about the heartbreak we
unknowingly pursued. Since then, they have experienced a prolific, albeit
tumultuous, musical career. In 2005, they released Last Night Out, their own
Abbey Road of sorts, before parting ways. But the bonds remained too strong for
Hutchens and Carter. Together they rose from the ashes of old, and produced an
album about rediscovering music with an old friend.
The album shifts between bluesy dirges, twangy country riffs, and popular
barroom ballads. The bluesy lament ôViperö acts as a sort of prologue that
frames the bandÆs reunion and hints at better days to follow. ôRhododendronö
pays homage to the state flower of West Virginia, while simultaneously
recognizing the bandÆs wild and ornamental roots. The albumÆs poppiest number is
ôLittle Margarita,ö a song catchy enough to come warbling out of a barroom
jukebox, and at the same time piercing and lyrically reflective.
The album closes in a fitting manner, with the aforementioned ôSummer in
Georgia.ö ôLets take a road trip, its been a while,ö Hutchens and Carter sing,
extending their hands to one another. Together they have reveled in springtime
moments of inspiration, and together they have braved long and dreary winters of
uncertainty and tumult. Twenty years later, and many seasons past, the band has
changed, but the music and the friendship remain. And once again, it is summer
in Georgia.