Black River Falls

General | May 2002

Reviews

Your Imaginary Friend
Reviewed 2002-06-11
Sad that all bands who incorporate circuslike gypsy folky rhythms w/ gravelly vocals get compared to Tom Waits, but if the shoe fits… Lots of crazy percussion and organs and horns and soaring gravelly vocals, waltzes, circuslike. Not as smarmy as Waits, but original and dark nonetheless, with better syncopation and rhythms. More western in places.

1) upbeat wacky circuslike
2) slower waltzy
3) klezmerlike clarinet, excellent rhythm
4) folky train beat hillbilly feel
5) dark western feel
6) klezmer gypsy carny feel
7) dark slow swingy percussive epic ballad feel
8) upbeat Spanish western dark flare
9) upbeat folk
10) gypsy waits feel
11) mid waltz

Recent airplay

3 Ton Chain
Fiction RomanceMay 17, 2007
50% Murder
brownian motionApr 13, 2005
Penitentiary Highball
Brownian MotionSep 04, 2002
Penitentiary Highball
Mr. Sparkle ChallengeJul 16, 2002
Penitentiary Highball
Mr. Sparkle ChallengeJul 02, 2002
Penitentiary Highball
Brownian MotionJun 26, 2002

Track listing

1. Midnight Cabaret
2. No Road Out of Houston
3. 50% Murder
4. Blood O' Lambs
5. Penitentiary Highball
6. Seven Little Girls
7. 3 Ton Chain
8. Carnival of Pills
9. Paddywagon Turban
10. One More Smoke
11. Black River Falls