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MP3 Kaspar Hauser - The Sons
9 MP3 Songs in this album (35:53) !
Related styles: ROCK: Rock & Roll, BLUES: Blues-Rock
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Shortly after the release of 2007’s Quixotic/Taxidermy, KH frontman Thomas Comerford set about writing songs for a follow up. Using the more bluesy, rock-oriented material on Q/T as a starting point, Comerford crafted a song cycle that explores old mythologies, Americana and some new yarns regarding family and ancestry/progeny. Themes of loyalty, rift, isolation and sometimes hope recur across a set of narrators who would be at home in a Flannery O’Connor novel. The thundering rocker, “Mark of Cain,” reinvents the Biblical tale as a confession of sadistic cruelty and self-loathing, injecting an unexpected, sighing chorus -- “You won’t save me/you won’t want to save me ...” -- into the proceedings. “Prodigal Son,” another Biblical nod with stinging slide guitar work and a Reed-y vocal, offers the perspective of the parent confronting the wayward son. The Lennon-ish “MacBeth II,” perhaps the record’s catchiest tune, descends into the delusions of grandeur and raging insecurity of a hipster dude who, out all night, foresees begging his partner to “let me stay” upon his return home in the morning. Overall, the nine songs on The Sons manage musical and lyrical twists and turns, weaving together old tales and revisionist legends that are at once familiar and new.
To record The Sons, Comerford (on voice and guitars) drew on the rhythm section he played with over a number of shows in 2007: Steve Kiraly (Reagan National Crash Diet) on drums and Matt Seifert (Stanley Ross, Cool Devices) on bass. In order to up the rock ante, he recruited Stephen “the Kid” Howard (Pinebender, Tight Phantomz, Ambulette) to play a large portion of the lead guitar. A number of spot guest appearances also highlight the record, including Tatsu Aoki (Miyumi Project) on upright bass, Kent Lambert (Roommate) on keyboards and Laura Watral (Coupleskate) on keyboards, to name a few. Comerford also worked closely with longtime friend and collaborator, Kris Poulin (Love Story in Blood Red, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Pinback), to produce the record.
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