Early James / Strange Time To Be Alive
| Album: | Strange Time To Be Alive | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Early James | Added: | Jan 2024 | |
| Label: | 'a' Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2024-01-21 | Pull Date: | 2024-03-24 |
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| Week Ending: | Mar 17 | Mar 3 | Feb 25 | Feb 18 | Feb 11 | Feb 4 | Jan 28 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 20, 2024: | Music Casserole
Wasted and Wanting |
4. | Mar 14, 2024: | Alex Strong with Max Lamparth
What a Strange Time to Be Alive |
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| 2. | Apr 13, 2024: | Music Casserole
Real Low Down Lonesome (Feat Sierra Ferrell) |
5. | Mar 02, 2024: | Music Casserole
Real Low Down Lonesome (Feat Sierra Ferrell) |
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| 3. | Mar 30, 2024: | Music Casserole
Pigsty |
6. | Feb 27, 2024: | Traditions
Wasted and Wanting, Racing to a Red Light |
Album Review
Be Sharp
Reviewed 2024-01-06
Reviewed 2024-01-06
ROUGH HEWN FOLK-BLUES
Birmingham (AL)-based singer-songwriter Fredrick James Mullis Jr., performs as Early James. Both his debut full length album, Singing for My Supper (2020) and this sophomore effort were produced by Dan Auerbach. Mullis wrote or co-wrote all the songs. I enjoyed the gritty, unpolished vocals, good acoustic & electric guitar, and quirky, enigmatic lyrics (in the booklet). RIYL Dr. John, Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen
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1 ** Slow. Tech is leading us to a bad ending. Takes shots at Rogen & Musk (4:24)
2 Slow. About people having their fates bound together, told in many metaphors (3:50)
3 * Slow. In the long folk tradition of lover’s murder ballads. Gothic and dark (3:35)
4 ** Slow. Sounds like a pretty love song w/ piano accompaniment; but lists the many reasons these two shouldn’t be together. I can imagine Tom Waits singing this one (4:11)
5 * Slow. Another side-eye at the contemporary world, but not as clever as #1 (3:06)
6 *** Mid-slow tango. A smokey duet with Sierra Ferrell is a real gem (4:29)
7 Mid-slow blues rock. Time is softening old resentments (4:06)
8 Mid-tempo. Reflections of a ne’er-do-well on the road (3:08)
9 Slow. A laid back seedy sort of lovesong (3:05)
10 * Mid-tempo. Country-blues ballad with just acoustic guitar & voice (3:51)
11 * Slow. Wistful reflections on getting older. Some of his best singing is here (3:21)
12 Slow. Narrator is a loser with unrealistic expectations (3:12)
Birmingham (AL)-based singer-songwriter Fredrick James Mullis Jr., performs as Early James. Both his debut full length album, Singing for My Supper (2020) and this sophomore effort were produced by Dan Auerbach. Mullis wrote or co-wrote all the songs. I enjoyed the gritty, unpolished vocals, good acoustic & electric guitar, and quirky, enigmatic lyrics (in the booklet). RIYL Dr. John, Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen
FCC clean
1 ** Slow. Tech is leading us to a bad ending. Takes shots at Rogen & Musk (4:24)
2 Slow. About people having their fates bound together, told in many metaphors (3:50)
3 * Slow. In the long folk tradition of lover’s murder ballads. Gothic and dark (3:35)
4 ** Slow. Sounds like a pretty love song w/ piano accompaniment; but lists the many reasons these two shouldn’t be together. I can imagine Tom Waits singing this one (4:11)
5 * Slow. Another side-eye at the contemporary world, but not as clever as #1 (3:06)
6 *** Mid-slow tango. A smokey duet with Sierra Ferrell is a real gem (4:29)
7 Mid-slow blues rock. Time is softening old resentments (4:06)
8 Mid-tempo. Reflections of a ne’er-do-well on the road (3:08)
9 Slow. A laid back seedy sort of lovesong (3:05)
10 * Mid-tempo. Country-blues ballad with just acoustic guitar & voice (3:51)
11 * Slow. Wistful reflections on getting older. Some of his best singing is here (3:21)
12 Slow. Narrator is a loser with unrealistic expectations (3:12)
Track Listing