We Are All Alone In This Together

General | Feb 2009

Reviews

Frank Jackson
Reviewed 2009-06-10
Folksy with elements of blues. Great line-up of instruments including guitars/pedal steel/dobro/fiddle/harmonica. Great lyrics with a vocal style and sound similar to maybe Jakob Dylan. There is some GREAT stuff here. All are worth a listen. My favorites are 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11. FCC’s #8 ‘bullshit’ twice; #10 ‘fucking’.

1. (4:23) Slow/Mid. Relaxed and bright instrumentation behind some tough but hopeful lyrics. Nice mandolin and guitar.
2. (4:15) Slow. Introspective lyrics featuring pedal steel. Very sparse and airy instrumentation.
3. (6:29) Mid. Up-front acoustic guitar with some great electric guitar solos. Nod to Dylan (?) with ‘cuckoo she’s a pretty bird/she warbles as she flies…’. Some great lyric passages.
4. (4:33) Slow. Very soft and slow. Guitars and organ predominant. Dreamy lyrics and instrumentation. Fades out.
5. (3:52) Mid/Fast. Folksy, reminiscent of early Dylan with harmonica and nasally vocal delivery. Good stuff.
6. (3:24) Slow. Dark vocal, very airy with the pedal steel, minimal and ominous.
7. (3:33) Mid. Vocal and banjo. Devastating lyrics like ‘devil he took the good from me’. Harkens back to early blues.
8. (3:21) Slow/Mid. Yearning lyrics paired well with the dobro/pedal steel and slow strumming guitar. Lots of space. Really nice. FCC ‘bullshit’ twice.
9. (4:24) Slow/Mid. Nice little tune, guitar dominates. Good acoustic soloing. Slow vocal delivery.
10.(3:17) Mid. Banjo and fiddle story-song about a man killing his family. Yodeling ensues amidst the macabre scene. FCC ‘fucking’. Fucking GREAT tune.
11.(1:57) Mid/Fast. Great guitar strumming tune set inside moral message lyrics. Fiddle fleshes out this up-tempo number. Another GREAT tune.
12.(3:31) Slow. Minimal instrumentation with lots of stretched-out lyrics.

Recent airplay

Woe
The Songsmith ShowNov 19, 2010
Big Dark World Of Hate And Lies
The Songsmith ShowSep 24, 2009
Big Dark World Of Hate And Lies
The Songsmith ShowAug 27, 2009
Tomorrow Is Another Night
Big Dark World Of Hate And Lies
The Songsmith ShowJul 30, 2009
Woe
Music CasseroleJul 25, 2009

Charting

2009-06-14 — 2009-08-16
Week EndingAirplays
Aug 16 1
Aug 2 1
Jul 26 2
Jul 12 3
Jul 5 2
Jun 21 5

Track listing

1. Tomorrow Is Another Night
2. If I Ever Make It Home
3. Woe
4. The Bird That Lived In A Burning Tree
5. Shit On The Shovel
6. We Are All Alone In This Together
7. Mud
8. The Good Life
9. I Don't Know, Babe
10. Old Roger
11. Big Dark World Of Hate And Lies
12. Down The Wrecking Line