Firewater - The Golden Hour (2008) {Bloodshot Records BS152}
Firewater - The Golden Hour (2008) {Bloodshot Records BS152}
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© 2008 Bloodshot Records | BS152
Rock / Indie Rock / Folk / Post Punk
In photography, the golden hour is when the sunlight is at the perfect angle to capture beautiful images; in the medical world, it's the window of time where a life can still be saved after severe injuries. Both meanings could apply to The Golden Hour, Firewater's first album of original material in four years: it's a musical travelogue of the three years Tod A. spent in India, Turkey, Pakistan, and Indonesia (which he also chronicled in the blog Postcards from the Edge of the World) after his divorce and the reelection of President George W. Bush in 2004, and each song is like a vibrant, sometimes violent, snapshot along the way. A.'s travels were no vacation – if anything, there's a sharper edge to his songwriting here than in years, and combined with the contributions of local musicians from each country, The Golden Hour is some of Firewater's most consistently potent music.
Firewater - The Golden Hour (2008) {Bloodshot Records BS152}
The album underscores its concept by kicking off with "Borneo," a jaunty, pissed-off exit song listing all the reasons for leaving the U.S. ("You got a monkey for a president" is near the top) with theatrical flair, and from there, A. and crew – including drummer/producer Tamir Muskat of Balkan Beat Box – find ways to dance on their troubles with quintessentially Firewater songs like "Hey Clown," "Already Gone," and "Three Legged Dog." The band ups the ante with "This Is My Life," where the tumba, chimta, and dholki of the native musicians (many of whom normally play in the backing bands for belly dancers) add an extra spark to the song's already fiery rhythm. But for every brash moment on The Golden Hour, there is an equally vulnerable one, whether it's the cautionary tales of "Paradise" and "A Place Not So Unkind" or "Six Forty Five," an elegant ballad filled with emptiness as it wanders from sunset to sunrise. On "Weird to Be Back," Tod A. notes that "everything's the same or maybe just a little worse," but that can't be said of The Golden Hour – it's some of Firewater's angriest, most poignant, and most accomplished music.
Firewater - The Golden Hour (2008) {Bloodshot Records BS152}
Tracks
01 - Borneo
02 - This is my life
03 - Some kind of kindness
04 - 6.45 (So this is how it feels)
05 - A place not so unkind
06 - Paradise
07 - Bhangra bros
08 - Electric city
09 - Hey clown
10 - Already gone
11 - Feels like the end of the world
12 - Weird to be back
13 - Three legged dog
The Golden Hour was recorded in India, Pakistan, Turkey and Israel, August 2005 to June 2007.
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Firewater / The Golden Hour
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==== Log checksum ECC3BAC5CAC3A7F6FCF0CE495191A5BA8C8709C0A0A071FC170C5929F0482105 ====
EAC extraction logfile from 2. April 2011, 19:31
Firewater / The Golden Hour
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Read mode : Secure
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==== Log checksum ECC3BAC5CAC3A7F6FCF0CE495191A5BA8C8709C0A0A071FC170C5929F0482105 ====
Firewater - The Golden Hour (2008) {Bloodshot Records BS152}
Firewater - The Golden Hour (2008) {Bloodshot Records BS152}
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