Very Last Day, The
Country
| Jan 2019
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Mr. Bones
Reviewed 2019-01-23
Reviewed 2019-01-23
The Very Last Day – Parker Millsap
Leave it to Parker Millsap to create a release that is a joy to listen to even while addressing existential topics such as a gay son coming out to his anti-gay father and the apocalypse. Even without its weighty topics, this disk, with its tight rockabilly band and his unique vocal styling would make for a solid release. Throw in clever song writing that mixes his Pentecostal upbringing and a dystopian view of things to come and you've got something well worth playing in this his second full length release.
RIYL: Dave Alvin, Lucinda Williams, Skin & Bones
FCC: None detected
#1) Hades Pleads - jump blues rocker with high energy fiddle about Hades letting loose with a nuclear Holocaust (2:36)
* #2) Pining - pretty, midtempo song about pining for one's love with great piano break (2:44)
* #3) Morning Blues - hypnotic, country blues number with exquisite fiddle/vocal interplay (3:40)
* #4) Heaven Sent - powerful number about a gay young man facing his preacher father (3:52)
* #5) The Very Last Day - funky number about nuclear annihilation (3:00)
#6) Hands Up - uptempo rocker about an ex-solider robbing someone to feed his family (2:41)
#7) Jealous Sun - slower, acoustic number featuring PM's vocals (2:38)
* #8) Wherever You Are -uptempo call for one's sweetheart in defiance of their conservative religion (3:02)
#9) You Gotta Move - strong cover of a Gary Davis / Fred McDowell classic (4:20)
#10) Acoustic number about reenergizing a relationship (4:25)
* #11) Beautiful lament about the loss of a sister with exquisite interplay between vocals & fiddle and guitar (2:55, too short)
* Mr. Bones especially likes these
Leave it to Parker Millsap to create a release that is a joy to listen to even while addressing existential topics such as a gay son coming out to his anti-gay father and the apocalypse. Even without its weighty topics, this disk, with its tight rockabilly band and his unique vocal styling would make for a solid release. Throw in clever song writing that mixes his Pentecostal upbringing and a dystopian view of things to come and you've got something well worth playing in this his second full length release.
RIYL: Dave Alvin, Lucinda Williams, Skin & Bones
FCC: None detected
#1) Hades Pleads - jump blues rocker with high energy fiddle about Hades letting loose with a nuclear Holocaust (2:36)
* #2) Pining - pretty, midtempo song about pining for one's love with great piano break (2:44)
* #3) Morning Blues - hypnotic, country blues number with exquisite fiddle/vocal interplay (3:40)
* #4) Heaven Sent - powerful number about a gay young man facing his preacher father (3:52)
* #5) The Very Last Day - funky number about nuclear annihilation (3:00)
#6) Hands Up - uptempo rocker about an ex-solider robbing someone to feed his family (2:41)
#7) Jealous Sun - slower, acoustic number featuring PM's vocals (2:38)
* #8) Wherever You Are -uptempo call for one's sweetheart in defiance of their conservative religion (3:02)
#9) You Gotta Move - strong cover of a Gary Davis / Fred McDowell classic (4:20)
#10) Acoustic number about reenergizing a relationship (4:25)
* #11) Beautiful lament about the loss of a sister with exquisite interplay between vocals & fiddle and guitar (2:55, too short)
* Mr. Bones especially likes these
Recent airplay
Morning Blues
Hanging In The Boneyard — Aug 11, 2022
Hades Pleads
Hanging In The Boneyard — Aug 04, 2022
Pining
Traditions (rebroadcast from Mar 29, 2019) — Oct 12, 2021
Hades Pleads
Hanging in the Bone Yard (rebroadcast from Mar 2, 2019) — Sep 01, 2021
Hands Up
Totally A (rebroadcast from Feb 1, 2019) — Jul 14, 2021
Pining
Old Fart At Play (rebroadcast from Feb 1, 2019) — Jul 08, 2021
Charting
2019-01-22 — 2019-03-26
Country/Bluegrass
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Mar 24 | 1 |
| Mar 17 | 3 |
| Mar 10 | 1 |
| Mar 3 | 2 |
| Feb 24 | 1 |
| Feb 17 | 4 |
| Feb 3 | 3 |
Track listing
| 1. | Hades Pleads | ||
| 2. | Pining | ||
| 3. | Morning Blues | ||
| 4. | Heaven Sent | ||
| 5. | The Very Last Day | ||
| 6. | Hands Up | ||
| 7. | Jealous Sun | ||
| 8. | Wherever You Are | ||
| 9. | You Gotta Move | ||
| 10. | A Little Fire | ||
| 11. | Tribulation Hymn |