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Sounds like:
My Morning Jacket,
The Black Keys,
Drive By Truckers
Why do we like this?
I'm starting to think that there's something in the water in Ohio. What is it about bands from this seemingly understated state that allows them to plumb the depths of soulful, blues-rock feeling? The Heartless Bastards, with their fourth release Arrow, lend serious points to this supposition.
Erika Wennerstrom, she of the gnarled, husky vocals, provides the Bastards with their signature sound, and showcases her range on tracks like "Parted Ways," in which she warbles "I need a little bit of whiskey and a little bit of time to ease my troubled mind." This isn't musical rocket science, but that's the point. "Got to Have Rock and Roll" states the band's case clearly in the title -- they are a part of the discourse, bearers of the torch of blues rock.
By nature, this type of music must be referential to the sounds and constructs of previous bands -- the aforementioned "Parted Ways" has moments that evoke The Byrds' "My Back Pages;" "Down in the Canyon" has psyched out guitar solos that speak of Pink Floyd one moment, and My Morning Jacket the next. There are hints of Woodie Gutherie, and even of their fellow Ohio-ans, The Black Keys.
But the emotional directness, the richly layered texture of vocals and guitar and back beat, form a sound that is undoubtedly, indistinguishably Bastards.
Erika Wennerstrom, she of the gnarled, husky vocals, provides the Bastards with their signature sound, and showcases her range on tracks like "Parted Ways," in which she warbles "I need a little bit of whiskey and a little bit of time to ease my troubled mind." This isn't musical rocket science, but that's the point. "Got to Have Rock and Roll" states the band's case clearly in the title -- they are a part of the discourse, bearers of the torch of blues rock.
By nature, this type of music must be referential to the sounds and constructs of previous bands -- the aforementioned "Parted Ways" has moments that evoke The Byrds' "My Back Pages;" "Down in the Canyon" has psyched out guitar solos that speak of Pink Floyd one moment, and My Morning Jacket the next. There are hints of Woodie Gutherie, and even of their fellow Ohio-ans, The Black Keys.
But the emotional directness, the richly layered texture of vocals and guitar and back beat, form a sound that is undoubtedly, indistinguishably Bastards.
Streaming source:
http://soundcloud.com/heartlessbastards/parted-ways
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