ALBUM REVIEW: M. Ward is americana really. He chose to criss-cross our nation and record A Wasteland Companion with 8 different engineers and 18 musicians from Steve Shelley on percussion and Bright Eyes’ Mike Mogis on organ to drop a couple names. The music here is diversely as R&Bish as it a country with a nod to some of things you may not admit you like from 70’s music. In particular on songs like “Sweetheart” that almost sounds a little like ABBA moved down to Texarcana. Then there is the very pretty japinated video single “The First time I Ran Away”… where he’s singing about voices in the storm with many layers of “ooohhhs” and a simple drum thumbing behind the melody it this creates desolate place.
The title track goes the way of being Nick Drake mystery folk acoustic inspired with fiddles fiddling in the background and ends up being pretty dark, almost as if created for a sounscape in some desolate movie where something bad is going to go down.
A Wasteland Companion Mp3 [Pre-Order the LP]
Sounds some what like:
Way To Blue MP3 by Nick Drake (1969)
Christ Jesus MP3 by Deer Tick from The Black Dirt Sessions (2010)
Loveskulls MP3 from Bonnie Prince on Billy & Mariee Sioux
Baby Lemonade MP3 by Syd Barrett
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