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Kevin Morby - Sundowner - Import CD
Kevin Morby - Sundowner - Import CD
CD
Rock
Folk/Country Rock
October 16, 2020
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Catalog No.:DOC231CD
JAN/ISBN: 656605153124
Number of Discs: 1
Country/Region of Manufacture: Import
Credits:
Kevin Morby
Description:
When Kevin Morby was finishing work on what would become his ambitious and sprawling 2019 double album Oh My God, he switched gears considerably by working on demos for new songs on a cassette four-track in the unheated shed in his backyard. While the songs for Oh My God were thick with religious iconography and intense, often dense arrangements, the new songs that Morby found himself writing while working with this antiquated recording equipment were both warmer and more subdued by comparison. He fleshed out proper recordings of his demos before leaving for a lengthy tour, and left the new tunes for later as Oh My God was officially released. When the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a complete cancellation of touring plans, Morby returned to the set of dusky, restrained songs hed begun writing in his backyard shed and finished work on sixth album Sundowner. Arriving after the tremendous presence of Oh My God, Sundowner recalls the more relaxed and reflective moods of Morbys earlier albums. The arrangements feel casual and spare, with songs like Wander embracing minimal roots rock and Dont Underestimate Midwest American Sun finding his low-key vocals ambling sleepily along with lo-fi acoustic guitars and ragged drum machine rhythms. Morbys core influences are present here as always, with a Leonard Cohen-esque rasp coming through in the vocals of the title track, Neil Young-modeled guitar leads on tunes like Wander and Campfire, and a strong Rolling Thunder Review-era Dylan undercurrent supporting the entire project. Sundowner is a beautiful and mellow comedown from the grandiose and sometimes overwhelming energy of Oh My God. Though its not a direct reference point, its interesting to note the similarities between Sundowner and Bruce Springsteens Nebraska. The stripped-down twilight moods of Nebraska also followed a monolithic double album (1980s The River, coincidentally also Springsteens fifth) and found its start as rough four-track demos. Morby presents Sundowner with a similar offhand ease, if his songs center more around themes of personal reminiscence and insular perspectives than Nebraskas songs of blue-collar struggle. Its gentle melancholy and unhurried tempos slowly melt into a sustained atmosphere, offering some of Morbys gentlest and most captivating songs. ~ Fred Thomas
Tracklisting:
1.Valley
2.Brother, Sister
3.Sundowner
4.Campfire
5.Wander
6.Don't Underestimate Midwest American Sun
7.A Night at the Little Los Angeles
8.Jamie
9.Velvet Highway
10.Provisions
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