Willard Grant Conspiracy - Mojave
Willard Grant Conspiracy - Mojave (1999)
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Like a rustic version of the Tindersticks, Willard Grant Conspiracy croon soft songs about existential despair, crafting a worldview that balances Nietzsche with Bob Dylan on barbiturates.
The third effort by Willard Grant Conspiracy – a musical collective with Robert Fisher and Paul Austin in the songwriting chairs – probes deep into desolate, country territory; the songwriting sensibility draws from West Texas and American Gothic. A core band is aided by players numbering in the double digits, some from indie-rock (Codeine, Come, the Silos and Sugar), but they are far from a noisy post-punk or roots-rock supergroup. Willard Grant merge familiar rock and folk archetypes with some creepy sounds of their own, pushing them closer in spirit to the Louvin Brothers, Lee Hazlewood and Nick Cave than any of their more immediate contemporaries in the No Depression scene. "Color of the Sun," "Right On Time," and "The Work Song" are roots-inspired, while "Go Jimmy Go" is a disconcerting hardcore punk song. The record's superb finale, "The Visitor," is drone-noir, its sound more in line with the Velvet Underground, Dream Syndicate and Spiritualized than anything twangy. - AMG
Personnel:
Robert Fisher (Vocals and Guitar)
James Apt
Paul Austin
David Michael Curry
Erich Groat
Sean O'Brien
Chris Brokaw (Guitar)
Edith Frost
George Howard
Dana Hollowell
Peter Linnane
Malcolm Travis
Walter Salas-Humara
Peter Weiss
Nick White
David Zox
Tracks:
1. Another Lonely Night 4:01
2. Color of the Sun 4:44
3. The Work Song 5:06
4. How to Get to Heaven 5:17
5. Archy's Lullaby 4:41
6. Go, Jimmy, Go 2:05
7. I Miss You Best 5:48
8. Cat Nap in the Boom Boom Boom 2:44
9. Front Porch 4:52
10. Love Has No Meaning 4:55
11. Sticky 4:30
12. Right on Time 5:02
13. Visitor 8:03
Total time: 61:48