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NEW ALBUM: AMOS LEE ~ transmissions - Ruby - 10-08-2024 AMOS LEE ~ transmissions Gotta love a wordsmith. I’m sold. Amos Lee has been around for a while now – I haven’t listened to any of his previous albums. The first track is reminiscent of Dylan / David Gray (the latter, especially - to my ears) and perhaps he has picked up nuances from artists for whom he’s opened, or toured with (Mr Z & Gray included), because I hear shades of others too. A long-time admirer of John Prine, there’s bound to be that influence here, and those others are Norah Jones, Elvis Costello, Paul Simon, Merle Haggard, Van Morrison, Dave Matthews Band, Adele, the Zac Brown Band, Jack Johnson and The Avett Brothers. Vocally, he’s quite versatile – has a pleasant voice with a little bit of grit and is also capable of decent falsetto delivery. More importantly, he’s emotive – or soulful. Singer/songwriter encompassing a range of moods including, folk, rock, jazz, Americana and more. Clever writing, appealing melodies and well executed – he’s obviously literate and educated. Great to hear a new release with some substance! The lead track … "Built To Fall" Mystical, hysterical, radical, tyrannical Cynical, the pinnacle, the pitiful in their pretty wool The gravitas, the lives we've lost, sign your cross to pay the cost You bend the knee quite shakily, and break my heart so tenderly The ringing bells that tell the tales, empires rise, empires fell Charity, catastrophe, the past decree, let the bastards be Hold me now and hold me down, cut me with your thorny crown And bleed me out, let the children shout, so they can see what we're all about Walls were built to fall Our gods and alcohol I refuse the call Walls were built to fall Mystery conspiracy surrounding me in groups of three The trinity that sits with me and pours my tea in symmetry Breaks my bread and keeps my stead, they watch the blood fall from my head And gather like a shadow grows, upon my pillow, fills my nose Until no longer breath I feel, the horse, it bucks and breaks the wheel Laughter rise like clouds of dust, we turn to heroin, to lust And rush the pope with veils and sheaths, scream heresy Bring forth the beast and lead us to our vaunted fate, with bones as beggars dirty plates Fill the streets with rotten meats, with fallen angel wings defeat Bleary eyes terrorize the blindness of our mortal lies Injurious, spurious, incurious, in God we trust To once again cut down our foes, we fill our pails as darkness grows Walls were built to fall Our gods and alcohol I refuse the call Walls were built to fall I sit in Bodhisattva robes, the serpent with the servant rose And hung him in his filthy clothes, the swollen holes sung songs for those Who never had a chance to rise, the golden light of dawn's demise The wind, it lashes, shakes the steel, impales the pines with pain we feel Idolatry, the policy, the coliseum spawned by greed The common creed, the prophecies, the dying mother's final pleas My child, my child, why can't we know the promised land, where we were told Would keep up safely from the cold? Forbidden cities paved with gold But as I keep you at my breast, and guide you to eternal rest With feral faith, I'll stalk the key and face the feckless pharisee To keep your name in full, I'll fight, I'll follow you into the light Forever in my mournful state, I'll rush my death to crash the gate Walls were built to fall Gods and alcohol I refuse the call Walls were built to fall Walls were built to fall There’s a good chance I could get into this album and I will be listening again. Standouts on first listen … additional to the above … "Night Light" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFuuV_2p624 "When you Go" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ-1dIeFM7o and "Carry You On" - RE: NEW ALBUM: AMOS LEE ~ transmissions - JeromeD - 10-08-2024 The first person that came to mind while I was listening to this was Tom Waits. RE: NEW ALBUM: AMOS LEE ~ transmissions - CRAZY-HORSE - 10-08-2024 a great discovery Ruby, awesome stuff indeed i listened to "built to fall" and "carry you on", loved both tracks. certainly some Dylan in there, Prine too. the album is on the "to purchase" list now, thasnks! RE: NEW ALBUM: AMOS LEE ~ transmissions - CRAZY-HORSE - 10-08-2024 i forgot to add: MH, from the two tracks i listened to i would suggest you listen to this album, another fine Ruby discovery! RE: NEW ALBUM: AMOS LEE ~ transmissions - Music Head - 10-08-2024 ^^ I figured it might be of course Ruby's words could make Aqua sound good RE: NEW ALBUM: AMOS LEE ~ transmissions - Music Head - 13-08-2024 squeezed this in to end my week of course another good find for Ruby not a fan of the falsetto tracks favorite was Darkest Places |