Turner Cody - If I Had Drugs I'd Take 'em

TRACKLISTING:
A. IF I HAD HAD DRUGS I’D TAKE ‘EM
B. BAD WITH A CAPITAL A

FIRST LIGHT IS THE TITLE TRACK FROM TURNER CODY’S SECOND ALBUM.  A CHEERY SWING NUMBER THAT WILL CARRY YOU STRAIGHT BACK FROM 2008 TO 1940-SOMETHING… PROBABLY NOT THE SOUND PEOPLE WERE EXPECTING FROM TURNER, KNOWN FOR HIS ANTI-FOLK & BLUES, BUT THIS IS WHAT FIRST LIGHT, THE ALBUM, IS ALL ABOUT.  HE’S HONED HIS EXPERTISE AND CRAFTILY CONQUERED AN ARRAY OF TRADITIONAL STYLES FROM JAZZY STANDARD-ESQUE TUNES TO SWEEPING LYRICAL BALLADS AND BLUES DRIVEN BOOGIE WOOGIE.

STEADILY MAKING HIS NAME FOR HIMSELF AS A CONCRETE MEMBER OF THE BROOKLYN ANTI-FOLK SCENE, THIS SINGLE TAKEN FROM HIS SECOND ALBUM IS A NATURAL PROGRESSION OF HIS AMERICAN FOLK. FIRST LIGHT, THE ALBUM AND THE SINGLE CLEARLY EXPRESS THIS.  HIS MOST ENCHANTING AND NOTICEABLE FEATURE THOUGH IS HIS ELABORATE AND CHARMING LYRICISM.  CODY'S WORK HARKS BACK TO THE SENSIBILITY OF WHAT A SONG SHOULD BE; POETIC CONSTRUCTIONS OF METER, RHYME, AND MELODY.

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