the problem with releasing a record a january/february is that no matter how great a record is is that it will inevitably get lost in the fray. such is the case with the truckers’ brighter than creations dark. yesterday i proclaimed that carried to dust is probably my favorite record of the year, but after re-visiting brighter i want to retract that statement about carried to dust and place record of the year firmly on brighter than creations dark. i am standing by that, for now.
here they are playing at the visulite theatre in charlotte, nc on 7.29.04. its a 30 song set and part two will be posted tomorrow. this available on archive dot org in mp3 and flac format. if you dont feel like dealing with tagging the show go grab it here, or just wait til tomorrow. much love to taper roy for taping it and making it available. this is a awesome sounding show.
sup dickheads? there’s so much to love about dbt’s brighter than creations dark that i really could spend the better part of at least 9 -10 beers gushing over it. there are two things i would like to point out that i think put this dbt record just about every other one. the first being shonna’s backing vocals have been moved to the front of the mix. it has always seemed that her vocals were burried deep underneath the 3 guitar attack, which i have always thought was a god damn shame. no better use of her vocal talents are evident than on the beautifully penned hood track “two daughters and a beautiful wife.” shonna plays the part of the grieving wife as hood spins yarn as the husband who met an untimely death and reminisces of all the shit he left behind. “two daughters..” is probably the best lead track i have heard in a long, long time - truly gorgeous. secondly, i love all the piano/organ fills throughout, which is something that i feel has been missing out on most of the dbt records. this is actually the densest sounding dbt record yet. i didnt even think that was possible. i dont even miss jason, in all honesty. cause i would rather have an isbell solo record as opposed to two or three isbell songs on a typical dbt record. while shonna, at this point, cant replace jason’s voice and skills as a songwriter, her 3 songs are very, very good - “i’m sorry houston” in particular. i know we’re only three months into the new year, but its going to be really hard to beat this as record of the year.
here they are performing their classic, southern rock opera, over the course of two evenings @ the zephyr in salt lake city on 1.18/19.02. thanks very much to the original taper!
top of the sunday afternoon. so, i got my grubby lil paws on the new truckers record, brighter than creation’s dark, and i am so psyched to report that its fuckin killer. for those, like myself, that were a bit underwhelmed by a blessing and a curse will find that creation’s dark is classic dbt. 19 tracks and 75 minutes later you really dont even miss jason so much as shonna’s songs are pretty awesome and a nice compliment to patterson and cooley.
you can preorder creations dark, here. they got a shirt/cd combo deal for 30 bucks that i am definitely going to be ordering.
for the uninitiated here are a few songs to get ya started. they also have tracks from creation streamin on their myspace page.
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