Eric Bachmann
Merge
2016
Rating: 8.5 pink highlighters out of 10
I'm sure the "why" has been explained somewhere, but Crooked Fingers is no more, and now Eric Bachmann is just recording under his own name. He's released recordings under his name before, and everyone knows Crooked Fingers was really just Bachmann solo anyways, but if he felt the need to jump through this hoop to keep going as an artist, who am I to argue. I'm just glad he's still making music and I've got a new record to listen to...and a really, really damn good new record at that. The second track "Mercy" is one of the best songs he's ever written, and certainly the closest he's ever come to producing music that would be confused with a sixties girl group. there's actually quite a bit of backing female vocals ("Dreaming" and "Seperation Fright" are a couple of other outstanding examples, and there are more), which adds a nice extra layer you don't usually get with his sound. I could see some (stupid) people being turned off of this slight turn, but Bachmann's deep voice still dominates - there is no changing that. I feel pretty good saying this will be one of my favorite records of the year...then again, I can often say that about any music Eric Bachmann releases.
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