| Millsap, Parker / Very Last Day , The |
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| Album: | Very Last Day , The | Collection: | Country | |
| Artist: | Millsap, Parker | Added: | 01/2019 | |
| Label: | Okrahoma Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2019-01-22 | Pull Date: | 2019-03-26 | Charts: | Country/Bluegrass |
| Week Ending: | 24 Mar | 17 Mar | 10 Mar | 3 Mar | 24 Feb | 17 Feb | 3 Feb |
| Airplays: | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 12, 2021: | Traditions (rebroadcast from Mar 29, 2019) Pining | 4. | Jul 08, 2021: | Old Fart At Play (rebroadcast from Feb 1, 2019) Pining | |
| 2. | Sep 01, 2021: | Hanging in the Bone Yard (rebroadcast from Mar 2, 2019) Hades Pleads | 5. | Jun 30, 2021: | Totally A (rebroadcast from Feb 1, 2019) Hands Up | |
| 3. | Jul 14, 2021: | Totally A (rebroadcast from Feb 1, 2019) Hands Up | 6. | Jun 12, 2021: | Hanging in the bone yard The Very Last Day |
| Album Review |
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| Mr. Bones Reviewed 2019-01-23 | ||
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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 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Hades Pleads | 6. | Hands Up | |||
| 2. | Pining | 7. | Jealous Sun | |||
| 3. | Morning Blues | 8. | Wherever You Are | |||
| 4. | Heaven Sent | 9. | You Gotta Move | |||
| 5. | The Very Last Day | 10. | A Little Fire | |||
| 11. | Tribulation Hymn | |||||