photo: Pamela
Has the CIA ever considered investigating if there's something in the drinking water of Athens, GA, that breeds so many good sounding bands? Dead Confederate have unleashed their Wrecking Ball album, filled with music that gets under your skin.
From the opening track Heavy Petting - a big rock song that pays tribute to Black Sabbath, the five musicians move on like a steamroller, slowing down sometimes but never losing momentum, until they reach the 12 minute plus Flesh Colored Canvas and the title track. Try pigeonholing them as echo heavy dark retro southern rock. O, and Mr. Ulrich, please take a good listen to the cymbals.
Dead Confederate:
Hardy Morris: vocals, guitar
Brantley Senn: bass
Walker Howle: guitar
John Watkins: keyboards
Jason Scarboro: drums
Wrecking Ball is released on TAO Records.
Tracks:
- Heavy Petting
- The Rat
- Goner
- It Was A Rose
- Yer Circus
- All The Angels
- Start Me Laughing
- The News Underneath
- Flesh Colored Canvas
- Wrecking Ball
Live dates:
- 09/29 The Bluebird – St/ Louis, MO *
- 09/30 The Granada - Lawrence, KS *
- 10/01 The Waiting Room – Omaha, NE *
- 10/02 The Annex – Madison, WI *
- 10/03 Mo's Irish Pub – Milwaukee, WI *
- 10/04 Schubas – Chicago, IL
- 10/06 TT the Bears – Cambridge, MA *
- 10/08/08 - The Khyber - Philadelphia, PA *
- 10/09 Mercury Lounge – New York, NY *%
- 10/10 Union Hall – Brooklyn, NY %
- 10/13/08 - Talking Head Club - Baltimore, MD
- 10/14 Cat's Cradle – Carrboro, NC @
- 10/16 Exit/In – Nashville, TN @
- 10/17 Proud Larry's – Oxford, MS @
- 10/25 Voodoo Experience – New Orleans, LA
* w/ Catfish Haven
@ w/ Heartless Bastards
% w/ Kuroma
MP3: Dead Confederate - The Rat
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