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Retribution Gospel Choir, by Retribution Gospel Choir (CD on Cycle)

Cover art for Retribution Gospel Choir by Retribution Gospel Choir Description: CD on Cycle, Alan Sparhawk from Low!!
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Rating: unmoved This record left our Phil feeling unmoved.

Alan Sparhawk from Low is back with a new self titled project called Retribution Gospel Choir and it's recorded by Mark Kozelek. So you'd think it would be great oui? Well I wouldn't go that far... On first listen the word 'disappointment' didn't do it justice, however on 2nd listen it's sounding a wee bit better. An easy way to sum it up is to say it sounds like Low (Sparhawk's voice is so distinctive) but in a pub rock band kind of way. ... There's a few tracks from the last Low LP here played here.. If you want to hear Low done in a more rock kind of way then this is for you.

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Retribution Gospel Choir is the new project of the phenomenal LOW guitarist/singer ALAN SPARHAWK
Different than his garage outfit Black Eyed Snakes, RGC is a solid rockband with a romantic edge. Produced by Mark Kozelek (Sun Kil Moon, Red
House Painters etc.), Retribution Gospel Choir sounds like a middleweight version of Low, with a serious drummer who needs to be kept under control
by the rest of the band. RGC combines the vulnerable quality of Low with the dark unpredictable edge of Sparhawk's voice - melodies are sweet,
dynamics overwhelming, power muscular and songs very compact. In the band besides Sparhawk is Low bass player Matt Livingston, drummer Eric
Pollard and on one song Low's Mimi Parker lends back-up vocals. Two RGC originals on this album were already performed by Low on 'Drums And
Guns' .

 

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About the humble CD:

The CD is essentially a small portable face mirror which has an extra feature of being able to play music (through a thing known as a CD player). These CD's are a modern invention hence them being all shiny and digital. They can hold about 80 minutes of music and apparently are indestructible as you can smear jam on them and they still play (not as nourishing as toast mind you but when you're hungry.....). They sound crystal clear and are tiny convenient things. They lack the charm and warmth of their old analogue counterparts but their portability, convenience and ease of being duplicated make them a perfect thing of a thing for most folks. Jewel cases are the worst thing ever though and they really need to stop.

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