8/9/2023 0 Comments Son volt electro melodier![]() The core band remained intact for this recording, but it was recently announced that longtime lead guitarist Chris Frame is leaving the band, with John Horton of The Bottle Rockets taking his place. It’s not as explicitly political excepting a few songs as 2019’s Union nor does it rock as consistently hard as 2017’s Notes of Blue, but the variety of sounds and themes is its redeeming feature. Put some of these tunes next to those of or. This time out, taking the title from the names of two vintage amplifiers from the late ‘40s and early ‘50s, the band and Farrar touch on universal issues of the pandemic, love, mortality, and inevitably some politics. To his credit, though, each Son Volt album has a slightly different sound and often some new themes. Son Volt has always been defined by front man Jay Farrar’s weary, soulful, and inexplicably comforting voice as well his songwriting. You can return an item that is unwanted for a refund but you will be responsible for the cost of returning the item to us, unless we delivered it to you in error or it is faulty.Electro Melodier is alt country pioneering Son Volt’s tenth studio album, a year after marking, sadly without touring, the 25 th anniversary of their groundbreaking 1995 debut, Trace. We will refund the same means of payment as you used to make your purchase.ĭue to inventory and accounting purposes, we do not exchange items received for different items than originally purchased. If you return a high-value item, we recommend you use a recorded delivery service. It is your responsibility to ensure safe return of the item(s) to us. You will be responsible for the cost of returning the item to us, unless we delivered it to you in error or it is faulty. When we receive it, you will be refunded the price of the item(s) within 14 days. ![]() Once you have cancelled the order, you must send the parcel back to us within 14 days. ![]() You can cancel/request a refund of your order within 14 days of receiving it by contacting us by email. REFUND POLICY: (not for Ticket Sales as these are final and non-refundable) Goods that are faulty or sent in error must be returned to Crash Records Limited, 35 The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 6PU within 7 working days of the item being received by the customer. The songs of Electro Melodier help remind us to be thankful of what we still have – new music from Jay Farrar and Son Volt. One listen to Electro Melodier, which opens with “Reverie,” describing Farrar’s contemplative state gazing out his window, enlivened with Mark Spencer’s “Wichita Lineman” guitar riffs and the lush Big Star melodies, and you wonder why no other rock ‘n’ roll bands or singer/songwriters are making albums like this about what we’re all going through. ![]() Once again accompanied by the current Son Volt line up – keyboardist/steel guitarist Mark Spencer, bassist Andrew Duplantis, guitarist Chris Frame and drummer Mark Patterson – Farrar takes a slight turn from 2019’s politically pointed Union to a series of songs that asks questions rather than demanding answers – think of “Living in the U.S.A.” as Farrar’s version of Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the U.S.A.,” Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” or Patti Smith’s “People Have the Power,” an anthem to unite the populace. Social protest songs like “Living in the U.S.A.” and “The Globe,” the former about the promises of this nation gone wrong, the latter referencing the street protests accompanying the Black Lives Matter movement, exist side by side with odes to long-term relationships (specifically his 25-year marriage) in “Diamonds and Cigarettes” and “Lucky Ones.” The title, taken from the names of two vintage amplifiers from the late ‘40s and early ‘50s, also describes the disc’s unique blend of folk, country, blues, soul and rock – an electric troubadour with melodies that hit and stick. Instead of a triumphant tour marking the illustrious landmark, Farrar was forced indoors by the pandemic, and his “Reverie” during that time helped define Electro Melodier, Son Volt’s 10th studio album – and third for influential Nashville indie Thirty Tigers. The group had just finished an Outlaw Country Cruise when the pandemic hit and sent them into their homes on lockdown. 2020 was not quite what Jay Farrar was expecting for the 25th anniversary of Son Volt, the band he started in 1995 after leaving the seminal group Uncle Tupelo, whose No Depression album helped define the alt-country and Americana genre. ![]()
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