ARTiST: Kevin Devine
ALBUM: Brother's Blood
BiTRATE: 176kbps avg
QUALiTY: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.97 Final / -V2 --vbr-new / 44.100Khz
LABEL: Arctic Rodeo Recordings
GENRE: Indie
SiZE: 75.82 megs
PLAYTiME: 0h 57min 10sec total
RiP DATE: 2010-01-23
STORE DATE: 2009-11-06
Track List:
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01. All Of Everything, Erased 4:36
02. Carnival 6:34
03. Another Bag Of Bones 4:15
04. Hand Of God 3:55
05. Brother's Blood 7:53
06. Fever Moon 3:23
07. It's Only Your Life 5:55
08. Murphy's Song 4:42
09. I Could Be With Anyone 2:49
10. Yr Husband 4:47
11. She Stayed As Steam (Bonus 5:42
Track)
12. Tomorrow's Just Too Late 2:39
Release Notes:
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Brooklyn singer/songwriter Kevin Devine works the familiar emo terrain of
spurned lovers, broken hearts and self-loathing, but heÆs such a canny writer
and careful observer of human nature that his morose ruminations take on the
aura of poetry. An admitted disciple of the late Elliott Smith, Devine has
mastered SmithÆs penchant for disarmingly lovely melodies that mask a brooding
desperation. Unlike Smith, whose music became increasingly baroque with bigger
labels and larger recording budgets, BrotherÆs Blood keeps it simpleùalbeit
louder and more dissonant than DevineÆs previous four efforts. His deft acoustic
folk fingerpicking anchors almost all these songs, but there are stylistic leaps
galore, including the winding Neil Young/Crazy Horse slow burn of the title
track, and the tortured ôCarnival,ö which starts off soft and shimmering and
warps into a Pinkerton-era Weezer tantrum. But make no mistakeùthe songwriting
is the real highlight here, and DevineÆs scathing observations and idiosyncratic
details leave a disquieting mark. ôHand of Godö marries swooning Simon and
Garfunkel harmonies with a poetic, cosmic meditation on human suffering and the
absence of divine intervention. ThereÆs no bridge over these troubled waters,
but thereÆs blood, filial and otherwise, swirling in the currents.