The Singing Hatchet
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Sailing in on a melancholy tide, the serene majesty of The Singing Hatchet at first barely registers. Over time, though, the sorry beauty of Radar Bros' long-awaited second album slowly unfurls; a few scraps of tranquil acoustic guitar and a gentle drum beat guide Jim Putnam's tremulous vocal to tearful, broken conclusions. Coaxed from a similarly battered psyche to the one that bore Mercury Rev's Deserter's Songs, The Singing Hatchet resembles a bare-boned half-cousin to the Rev's masterwork. True, it's often flimsy, but on "Shifty Lies", Putnam's "murky water visions" are given life by an unnaturally beauti
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Manufacturer: Chemikal Underground
Release date: 13 September 1999
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 5020667343529 UPC: 5020667343529
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Release date: 13 September 1999
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 5020667343529 UPC: 5020667343529