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Blood & Mood
Bad Livers
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| The Stanley Brothers on LSD? Banjo-driven hip-hop? Though the Bad Livers have defied categorization for more than a decade--since their early days of transforming Iggy Pop and Metallica tunes into bluegrass breakdowns--here they push the technological envelope like never before. The result is a vibrantly mutant strain of mountain music, one that finds electric guitars, rhythm loops, and country-fried samples reinforcing the creative interplay of frontman Danny Barnes and bassist-sidekick Mark Rubin. Most audaciously, "I'm Losing" opens with a ferocity that leaves most punk rock in shreds, before resolving itself into a mad honky-tonk medley of Buck Owens, Tammy Wynette, and Merle Haggard (with some gorgeous steel guitar from producer Lloyd Maines). From the surprisingly melodic lilt of the ominously titled "Death Trip" to the bluesy lament of "Love Songs Suck," the music proceeds organically, by instinct rather than calculation--like blood and mood. |
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