| New Mexican Revolution, The / Black Mesa Songs |
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| Album: | Black Mesa Songs | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | New Mexican Revolution, The | Added: | Mar 2011 | |
| Label: | Self-Release | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2012-02-12 | Pull Date: | 2012-04-15 |
| Week Ending: | Mar 18 | Mar 4 | Feb 26 | Feb 19 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 11, 2012: | Synthesis Disaster Won't Come | 4. | Feb 26, 2012: | Synthesis The Ballad Of Jim Jeffries | |
| 2. | Mar 01, 2012: | Nathin' To Do Crooked Trees | 5. | Feb 19, 2012: | No Voices Aloud Rainy Streets In Dirty Cities | |
| 3. | Feb 29, 2012: | Modern Donkey - Beats Oh, The Rain | 6. | Feb 16, 2012: | Nathin' To Do Two Days, Rainy Streets In Dirty Cities |
| Album Review |
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| Mir Reviewed 2012-01-24 | ||
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Lead singer has a deep, gritty, unique country voice. Awesome use of horns and accordion. The New Mexican Revolution is hard to classify, but it’s like folk-country-meets-New-Orleans-funeral-dirge. This is campfire/road-trip music, but with some really unique moments due to the instrumentation and diversity of influences. RIYL: Counting Crows, Black Keys, Neutral Milk Hotel. FCCs: 3. (“shit” at 0:33.) Recommended tracks: 4 (AWESOME instrumental), 5, 9 (for something somber), 13 (my favorite). 1. 1:34: soft country song about home with pretty melody and simple guitars. Nice guitar solo from 1:02 to the end of the song. 2. 3:48: Accordion intro ala Neutral Milk Hotel’s The Fool. Then becomes an uptempto jive. Rough, occasionally unpleasant singing, with a downtempo segment in the middle. 3. 3:27: FCC (“shit”) 0:33. First 7 seconds include in-studio random talking. Moody, cool, with a good narrative and some sing-talking. 4*. 1:03: Purely instrumental, and mostly just an accordion (with a little percussion thrown in). Again, sounds like The Fool. 5*. 3:39: Uptempo. The guitars drive this song, but singer’s voice really shines. Several nice instrumental accordion/horn interludes. 6. 4:06: 30-second instrumental intro sounds like Mexican music (of which I am far from an expert). Closing interlays female harmonies (dum bum bum bum dum) with deep male voice quite nicely. 7. 3:33: Really chill midtempo song with pretty guitar plucking. Singer’s voice is scratchy and (purposefully) weary on this track. 8. 1:38: Slow, sad accordion joined by hopeful guitars and, eventually, some drums. Purely instrumental. 9*. 2:45: Melancholy, clear guitar – with an unexpected electric guitar solo in the middle! Voice is deep, gravelly, cracking – think an elderly Johnny Cash. Excellent if you’re in the mood for something dark. 10. 3:16: Interesting tempo changes – builds and then abruptly slows down, then picks up again, and repeats that pattern. Female vocal harmonies join the main male voice in a few places. 11. 3:53: Downtempo. Singer’s deep voice is clean and gorgeous on this track. Some twangy country guitars get a chance to shine. Song has a long fade out and could be stopped at 3:47. 12. 2:23: I’m not really sure why he’s singing about geometric shapes and what will intersect with what…. Whistling and a harmonica(!) in this one. 13***. 4:04: Features tambourine + accordion. The chorus is emotionally evocative and also pretty catchy. Their best track. 14. 1:53: Purely instrumental, except for some soft unintelligible speaking. Not as good as the other instrumental tracks – veers toward the cacophonous. 15. 3:09: That cracking voice again – so sad! About how he misses his ex. Downtempo. -Mir | ||
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