Brambles, by Morning River Band

Brambles

by Morning River Band

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Cassette + Digital Album
Real-time duplicated high-bias chrome cassette tape, with a double-sided j-card. Also includes Pin Pack #2, comprising of 3 collector's pins (1 label variant pin, 1 Morning River Band pin, and 1 "Brambles" pin). $2 of every sale through Under the Counter will go to the International Rescue Committee, per the request of Morning River Band. This package is limited to 100 worldwide.

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	1.	Drinking Blues Reprise (3,700 Brokenhearted Days) 01:57
	2.	Monmouth County Blues 02:39
	3.	Bury Me 02:06
	4.	Drinking Blues, No. 3 (Bend, Fall, Break) 02:05
	5.	The Sun Alone 02:39
	6.	(All of My Best Friends Are) Dead & Gone Blues 02:33
	7.	Space Boy Rag 00:54
	8.	Ezekiel's Wheel/Gloucester Skyline 04:31
	9.	The Last Red Bank Blues 01:53

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Review by Various Small Flames: varioussmallflames.co.uk/2019/01/24/morning-river-band-brambles/

Review by Lost In a Sea of Sound: lostseasound.blogspot.com/2019/02/morning-river-band-brambles.html

Morning River Band's "Brambles" is an album rife with juxtaposition. Beautiful, bright guitar melodies holding together morose musings on relationships, alcoholism, religion, and death. Blunt lyricism bound to be misinterpreted. Vocals so pure, clear, vulnerable, and yet strained so that it seems as though they could fall apart at any second.

This is by no means a happy album. While this may be the cleanest, most 'modern' sounding release from the band to date, the spirit on display is firmly that of the traditional roots of country. The 'blues in another suit'. If you've ever complained about the vocalist of a band killing himself off in a narrative only once on an album, this River is the cure.

Brambles are an interesting growth. They can bear flowers and fruit, but many consider them weeds due to their growth in neglected areas and sharp thorns. Whether brambles are worth eradicating or cultivating is all up to perspective.

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released January 18, 2019

Morning River Band is Denny Barron: bass, vocals; Jeffrey Fields: guitar, vocals; Arthur Herrmann: lead guitar, steel guitar, vocals; Joe Idell: drums, vocals. All songs by Jeffrey Fields except Space Boy Rag (Herrmann). Recorded Winter 2017-Spring 2018 by Matt Weber at Gradwell House, Haddon Heights, NJ. Mixed by Matt Weber, Denny Barron, and Jeffrey Fields. Mastered by Dave Downham. Cover art (Tête osseuse, vue de face) by Loren Dann.

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