Concert Monkey takes a look at 20 of the best albums of 2014

Not a countdown. Not a Top 20.

Previous Entry: Best albums of 2014: Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters - Lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar

Next entry: The Cosmic Dead – Easterfaust

Anyone once enchanted by the dark magnetism of 16 Horsepower has at least the curiosity to see what’s next in the world of David Eugene Edwards, no matter if he had switched the sound to something heavier in between.

The religious content is a constant but what he offers on Refractory Obdurate is not a sermon. The title juxtaposes two words which both stand for the word obstinate. It is a work full of personal turmoil and relentless search, a state neighboring a continuous fight between truth and doubt, an open list of unanswered questions. The passion coming out from the record is so strong, dark and agitated that it makes one feels uneasy. Could it be because behind the biblical myths may be hidden metaphors which still cast their terror on the day-to-day life?
 

Genre: Dark Americana, Alternative country

Track listing

"Corsicana Clip" – 4:47
"Masonic Youth" – 3:39
"The Refractory" – 4:53
"Good Shepherd" – 4:00
"Salome" – 5:19
"King David" – 4:47
"Field of Hedon" – 3:33
"Obdurate Obscura" (Edwards, Chuck French) – 5:20
"Hiss" – 3:53
"El-Bow" (Edwards, French, Ordy Garrison, Neil Keener) – 2:42

All songs written by David Eugene Edwards, except where noted.

YOUTUBE

Woven Hand - Hiss                                               Full album   

Concert review: Wovenhand & Flying Horseman @ AB Brussels - 6 June 2014

Concert Monkey

Keys and Chords

Le Blog des critiques de concerts

ALiveReports