Dynamite Steps
Sub Pop
2011
Rating: 7.5 cocktail glass holders out of 10
I'm coming in pretty late on this review, but good music is good music and deserves a mention regardless of tardiness. So, a new Twilight Singers record - it sounds exactly like what you expect a Twilight Singers record to sound. Greg Dulli has been making his own brand of troubadour rock-n-roll for so long that you can only compare him to himself. And this album compares quite favorably, as good as probably anything post-Afghan Whigs - and some of the tracks, like "Waves" for example, are as good as anything he has ever been a part of. And this is coming from someone who has religiously listened to this man since I bought the Whig's "Congregation" on cassette in 1992. I might have partially bought that tape because there was a naked woman on the cover, but that is neither here nor there.
I could go on and on about all the guests on the album - Mark Lanegan obviously, but also Ani Difranco and Petra Haden and a ton of other folks - but outside of Lanegan (whose voice pairs perfectly with Dulli), I'm not sure any of it matters. You're listening to this album because you're either already a part of or curious about the cult of Greg Dulli. I've been a member for years. It's a great place to be.
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