Artist: The Dead Weather
Release: Sea of Cowards
Label: Third Man Records
Date: OUT NOW
http://www.thedeadweather.com/
I was fortunate enough a couple of weeks ago to be turned on to The Dead Weather's Sea of Cowards, their second album in as many years, and as is my habit when I love a body of music I've immersed myself in it.
I pretty much expounded upon all the reasons I love this LP in this post but it is easy to add more now that I've dug deeper into their catalog.
Lead singer Alison Mosshart brings Janis Joplin to mind more than any female singer since Janis Joplin. Janis was before my time but there have been enough female blues-rock singers since her premature passing 40 years ago and Mosshart is the very first one who reminds me of Janis.
It's not just the singing--which is pretty damned impressive--it's Mosshart's soaked-in-the blues attitude that she brings to each song. She, like Janis is fearless and that makes what she does exciting, primal, electric and dirty, oh gawd yeah--down and dirty.
Jack White knew exactly what he was doing when her brought Allison on board into his current supergroup because her fearlessness matches his, providing the perfect grungy counterpoint.
Besides the spot on musical match in Mosshart and White, the quality of sound tonally, the production values are just off the charts. The sound is full and visceral and as we've come to expect, Jack White has again brought aboard crack musicians in Jack Lawrence and Dean Fertita. These guys seem to fit like pieces of a puzzle into this mix of alt-blues-indie-garage rock.
Not every single song on Sea of Cowards may be your cup-of-tea but guaranteed, the guys anchoring the sound of this band are amazing.
One night I played Sea of Cowards for my significant and we found that it is perfect for a night of shall we say, enthusiastic romance.
There is a strong blues rock-infused feel to Sea of Cowards and no one has ever tried to get around the fact that the blues and sex are very close companions. The guy-girl dynamic in this band works, period.
I like too the artistry that accompanies this band. I know ultimately that it is about the music but I like my other senses stimulated, too. The Dead Weather's live videos augment the recorded music in that you can appreciate that the sound is raw, straight-from-the-gut and through the heart. I admit too, straight as I am, I cannot take my eyes off Allison in concert.
If I could see one band in concert this summer it would be The Dead Weather. They are the perfect band for the hottest time of the year.
Scroll down to check out The Dead Weather's Summer Concert schedule as well a another of my favourite tracks off the new LP AND a link to where you can "Die By the Drop" from Sea of Cowards!
May 07, 2010
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http://thedeadweather.com
The
Dead Weather's performance of The Difference Between Us, live from
Third Man Records on May 3rd, 2010.
"I'm not the way that you found me I'm never here or there
One day I'm happy and healthy
Next I ain't doing so well..."
SEE The Dead Weather Perform LIVE!
Tour Dates: June 12 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo July 13 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club 14 Boston, MA - House of Blues 15 Toronto, Ontario - Sound Academy 17 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre 19 San Diego, CA - House of Blues 21 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium 22 San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre 24 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom 27 Billings, MT - Babcock Theatre 28 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue 29 Milwaukee, WI - The Rave 30 Chicago, IL - The Congress Theater 31 Detroit, MI - The Fillmore August 2 Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head Live! 3 Brooklyn, NY - Prospect Park
Download "Die By the
Drop" from Sea
of Cowards on RCRD LBL!
http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/
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