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This wily and depraved collaboration between Greg Dulli (Afghan Whigs, The Twilight Singers) and Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age) was aptly named for the Roman festival of misbehavior. Saturnalia allots equal time to both of the veteran alternative rockers as they traipse a wayward path. The sinister strings, Mellotron, and harmonium compliment Laneganās bourbon-drenched baritone as well as Dulliās vocal abandon. While Dulliās compositions, the funereal "Godās Children," torchy "The Body" and ghostly "Front St.", are terrific, Laneganās contributions may not have an
This wily and depraved collaboration between Greg Dulli (Afghan Whigs, The Twilight Singers) and Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age) was aptly named for the Roman festival of misbehavior. Saturnalia allots equal time to both of the veteran alternative rockers as they traipse a wayward path. The sinister strings, Mellotron, and harmonium compliment Laneganās bourbon-drenched baritone as well as Dulliās vocal abandon. While Dulliās compositions, the funereal "Godās Children," torchy "The Body" and ghostly "Front St.", are terrific, Laneganās contributions may not have an equal impact--though his mere presence is imposing. Guttural ballads like "Bete Noir," "Seven Stories Underground" and the lingering "Who Will Lead Us" surge with his familiar, nostalgic imagery ("I think the chariot is coming⦠Lord, Iāll give this trumpet up"), and "Idle Hands" will have āTreeās fans reminiscing. --Scott Holter
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Manufacturer: Sub Pop
Release date: 4 March 2008
EAN: 0098787076127 UPC: 098787076127
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