Music - Screeming Trees Dust
Something about the sound of the screaming Trees grabbed my attention 10 years ago when the bands lastt and best album Dust was released on to a grunge tired public. We were spoiled for choice at that time regarding good grunge bands. Allis In Chains had released Dirt, Sound Gardens Super Unknown, the anger of Nirvana's Inutaro and Pearl Jam's swaggering opus VS were and are still superb but very different styles and shocases for the mid `1990s music that would kill hair metal.
mark laneganthe creative force behind the Trees has a whisky and bourbon soked voice which smokes over this track selection like honey mixed with gravel. The albums themes of hope and spirituality are set to a backdrop featuring a bit of middle eastern instrumentation with some fine keyboard work that reminds me of 1970s progsters without the pomposity. The melodies are wonderful and the production floorless with all instruments having room to breathe. This is still a rather heavy and dark grunge style so don't let the descriptors put you off this classic work.
Album highlights include the brilliant All I know, Dying Days, Witness and the rest of the album really. My favourite track has to be the acoustic based Sworn and Broken wwhitch starts off quietly then explodes..
Lanegan would go to front Queens of the stone Age and this year take part in a project with Isabel Campbell the X singer of Bell and Sebastian. This cd is really inexpensive at the moment so grab a copy before its deleted. I never really took grunge music seriously before this disc opened my eyes to the myriad forms and good musicians within the scene.
mark laneganthe creative force behind the Trees has a whisky and bourbon soked voice which smokes over this track selection like honey mixed with gravel. The albums themes of hope and spirituality are set to a backdrop featuring a bit of middle eastern instrumentation with some fine keyboard work that reminds me of 1970s progsters without the pomposity. The melodies are wonderful and the production floorless with all instruments having room to breathe. This is still a rather heavy and dark grunge style so don't let the descriptors put you off this classic work.
Album highlights include the brilliant All I know, Dying Days, Witness and the rest of the album really. My favourite track has to be the acoustic based Sworn and Broken wwhitch starts off quietly then explodes..
Lanegan would go to front Queens of the stone Age and this year take part in a project with Isabel Campbell the X singer of Bell and Sebastian. This cd is really inexpensive at the moment so grab a copy before its deleted. I never really took grunge music seriously before this disc opened my eyes to the myriad forms and good musicians within the scene.
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