The Last Hurrah-Mudflowers-CD-FLAC-2015-THEVOiD

                              DRIFT INTO THE VOID
 Info   
     Artist  | The Last Hurrah!!
     Title   | Mudflowers
     Genre   | Indie                                Format  | Album
     Source  | CD                                   Time    | 37:01
     Label   | Rune Grammofon                       Store   | 2015
     Catalog | RCD 2171                             Rip     | 2021
     Bitrate | 866 kbps                             Size    | 245.09 MB
     Freq    | 44.1 kHz                             Encoder | FLAC 1.3.1
 Tracks 
     01. Okay                                                        2:48
     02. The Weight Of The Moon                                      3:59
     03. Can't Wait No More                                          3:56
     04. Fairweather Friend                                          2:58
     05. You Ain't Got Nothing                                       2:40
     06. Those Memories                                              2:25
     07. Is It Me                                                    3:17
     08. You Soothe Me                                               6:12
     09. Tried To Lose You                                           5:19
     10. The Jig                                                     3:27
 Notes  
     The Last Hurrah!! is an international pop/rock project whose constantly
     evolving lineup creates sounds drawing heavily from the music of the 60s
     and early 70s. The project was assembled in 2010 by successful veteran
     producer and multi-instrumentalist HP Gundersen (Sondra Lerche, Madrugada,
     Ane Brun, Tim Rose). He became obsessed with Stephen Stills' 'secret
     tuning' on "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," and he spent some time exploring music
     based on open, modal guitar tunings, hence his term for The Last Hurrah!!'s
     music: 'drone guitar'.
     Mudflowers is the third long player from HP Gundersen's ever-evolving
     recording project The Last Hurrah!!. As with the noted Norwegian producer's
     first two albums under this moniker, the band is completely different this
     time out and so is the music. This set directly references Los Angeles,
     particularly its country-rock scene, though Gundersen couldn't resist
     weaving in some British-flavored psych pop, blues, and even a little soul.
     It features an international cast fronted by California vocalist and
     songwriter Maesa Pullman (daughter of actor Bill) on all but two cuts -
     delivered by her cousin Rita. Veteran pedal steel player Marty Rifkin is a
     constant, and emergent session drummer Kiel Feher handles all but one cut,
     which features a guest spot by Nashville's Larry Mullins.
     The explicit eros in "Can't Wait No More" contrasts girl group pop and
     Capitol Studio groove if it were played in a smoky, dimly lit honky tonk.
     Rita Pullman's lead vocal on "You Ain't Got Nothing" has the structure of a
     carefully constructed British pop single from the mid-'60s, but the whining
     steel guitar amid Gundersen's rave-up guitar licks makes it almost
     perverse. "You Soothe Me" is Hammond-fueled blues with stinging, swampy
     licks threaded between the two guitars and organ, then slips briefly into
     the Scandinavian psych terrain of Parson Sound, Harvester, and Tr?d, Gr?s
     och Stenar, with Pullman's voice at its most sultry.
     "Tried to Lose You" is another blues, but it's harder and hotter, with
     wailing harmonica, furious Latin conga, and funky drum work. On Mudflowers,
     Gundersen threads so many sounds, genres, styles, and nuances through one
     another that in the end, he ends up erasing the boundaries that separate
     them. In trying to re-create the music he's long admired - all at once -
     through The Last Hurrah!!'s kaleidoscopic persona, he's moved beyond the
     trappings of mere nostalgia. Via the music of Mudflowers, the historical
     past is vital and ever present.

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