Pearson, Josh T. / Last Of The Country Gentlemen
| Album: | Last Of The Country Gentlemen | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Pearson, Josh T. | Added: | Apr 2011 | |
| Label: | Mute Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2011-05-01 | Pull Date: | 2011-07-03 |
|---|
| Week Ending: | Jun 12 | Jun 5 | May 29 | May 22 | May 15 | May 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airplays: | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 08, 2017: | Reckless Burning (The Wasteland)
Thou Art Loosed |
4. | Nov 29, 2011: | Panorama Barbeque
Thou Art Loosed |
|
| 2. | Mar 07, 2013: | Daydream Disaster
Sweetheart I Ain't Your Christ |
5. | Oct 04, 2011: | Panorama Barbeque
Thou Art Loosed |
|
| 3. | Dec 13, 2011: | Panorama Barbeque
Thou Art Loosed |
6. | Jun 09, 2011: | Daydream Disaster
Sweetheart I Ain't Your Christ |
Album Review
Wallace Brontoon
Reviewed 2011-05-01
Reviewed 2011-05-01
Josh T. Pearson
Last of the Country Gentlemen
Reviewed 4-30-2011
Haunted experimental folk-- the album is the continuous, stream-of-conscious self-thrashings of a penitent adulterer. It's darker and more existential than anything else you'll hear this year. Four of the seven tracks are over 10 minutes long-- each features low-key, sparse acoustic guitar playing, and aching crown-of-thorns vocals. Each track is recursive, all hypnotizing repetitions.
This is pain in record form. Unusual and beautiful and worth checking out.
FCCs: (3 and 4 and 5). PLAY: (4, if it's safe harbor. Really, the songs are great in proportion to the length of the track.)
1. Real quiet opening. "Don't cry..." Wailing over a guitar played like a harp. (3:14)
2. ** Starts quiet, Comes to a complete lull at four minutes in. Then quiet rage slowly builds back up. (11:45)
3. (FCC: glancing "shit") **** As upbeat as this albums gets-- resigned, depressed mock-revenge song, with hopeful major-chord guitar strumming. Mournful string section joins. Somehow triumphant. Pain. (7:00)
4. (FCC: Multiple "fuck"s) ******************** Trilling violins open, then it's an open confession for 13 minutes. Occasional breaks with sad discordant strings, but mostly apologetic, repetitive yelp-crooning over muscular guitar. This is just ungodly beautiful. Pain. Pain. PAIN. (13:01)
5. (FCC: "fuck" and more.) ***** Whispered, somehow vicious vocals. Tangled, hypnotic guitar picking. Pain. (10:50)
6. * Essentially an extension of track five. Expressive violin joins in. False ending, with coda. (10:13)
7. Echo chamber, and chirped trilling guitar strings. (2:33)
-Hervey Okkles
Last of the Country Gentlemen
Reviewed 4-30-2011
Haunted experimental folk-- the album is the continuous, stream-of-conscious self-thrashings of a penitent adulterer. It's darker and more existential than anything else you'll hear this year. Four of the seven tracks are over 10 minutes long-- each features low-key, sparse acoustic guitar playing, and aching crown-of-thorns vocals. Each track is recursive, all hypnotizing repetitions.
This is pain in record form. Unusual and beautiful and worth checking out.
FCCs: (3 and 4 and 5). PLAY: (4, if it's safe harbor. Really, the songs are great in proportion to the length of the track.)
1. Real quiet opening. "Don't cry..." Wailing over a guitar played like a harp. (3:14)
2. ** Starts quiet, Comes to a complete lull at four minutes in. Then quiet rage slowly builds back up. (11:45)
3. (FCC: glancing "shit") **** As upbeat as this albums gets-- resigned, depressed mock-revenge song, with hopeful major-chord guitar strumming. Mournful string section joins. Somehow triumphant. Pain. (7:00)
4. (FCC: Multiple "fuck"s) ******************** Trilling violins open, then it's an open confession for 13 minutes. Occasional breaks with sad discordant strings, but mostly apologetic, repetitive yelp-crooning over muscular guitar. This is just ungodly beautiful. Pain. Pain. PAIN. (13:01)
5. (FCC: "fuck" and more.) ***** Whispered, somehow vicious vocals. Tangled, hypnotic guitar picking. Pain. (10:50)
6. * Essentially an extension of track five. Expressive violin joins in. False ending, with coda. (10:13)
7. Echo chamber, and chirped trilling guitar strings. (2:33)
-Hervey Okkles
Track Listing
| 1. | Thou Art Loosed | 5. | Sorry With A Song | |||
| 2. | Sweetheart I Ain't Your Christ | 6. | Country Dumb | |||
| 3. | Woman, When I've Raised Hell | 7. | Drive Her Out | |||
| 4. | Honeymoon's Great! Wish You Were Her | . |