The Subdudes - Street Symphony
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Free Music Review: Bringing beauty into the world one lyric at a time
Hit: 5 Stars
My wife and I have been avid listeners to the subdudes for quite a few years. We've heard their early highs (Annunciation) and lows (Primitive Streak for our tastes).
When these guys reformed after several years apart, we waited to hear what they had to offer after the long hiatus. Miracle Mule (their reunion first) was a fine album, ditto for Behind the Levee.
This CD, THIS CD, goes somewhere else entirely and it's bigger, better and more beautiful than anything so far.
The start is a hard rocker like many they've done before, not a timeless wonder but a good start. Second comes "Poor Man's Paradise" and the fun has truly begun. This is the first of several songs referring to life in their beloved New Orleans - post Katrina, post the disappointment of the failure of America to meet the needs of its own. But it's a song of celebration. "Doing alright, in our poor man's paradise" celebrates both the allusion to the fishing shacks that house many of the poor after the devastation, and the impoverished town itself. And it makes you smile.
As the album progresses, we get to "Thorn In Her Side" the subdudes' most political statement since "One Word (Peace)" and it is a fastball straight down the middle - "What about takin' care of our own, like the people down south, drowning in their homes; guess my God and your God don't see eye to eye".
So much more on this set is surpassing in lyrics, melody or both, but 2 more are at least worth mentioning.
"No Man" is simply one of the most gorgeous love songs, followed by one of the most rippin' solos in recent memory. If you have EVER been truly loved, this song will move you to love yet more deeply. It is a statement of what it means to care.
"Street Symphony" the title cut, is the close to the album and a great song of beauty and joy. There's lots of space in this song, the musicians let the song come to them slowly and let chords and harmonies ring. If you don't find yourself singing this song out loud when you're finished listening to this CD, you've probably had too much to drink (or maybe not enough). Either way, you're missing an incredible celebration.
If you don't know these guys, you NEED to hear this CD. It is a geniune work of art.
Free Music Review: I dare you not to feel good after listening
Hit: 4 Stars
These guys are the most under rated band I know. Most people I know never even heard of them. I heard a couple of their songs that a local New York collage station (WFUV) plays and really liked them, Saw them live at a small venue (BB KINGS) and was blown away. since then I have bought theree of their cds and have seen them again. This cd is their newest and representative of their sound as good as any of their other cds. Great harmonies,Great musicians,Great live show....Highly recomended......... Free Music Review: It's All Good
Hit: 5 Stars
I had only heard one track off this CD when I bought it. It's a really nice feeling when you play a CD for the first time and EVERY track is as good or better than the one that prompted you to buy it in the first place. The only thing missing was the oyster po boy.Free Music Review: An Artistic Romp
Hit: 5 Stars
I can tell you I like it, but I do not feel competent to review the music. It is highly entertaining, and plays to suggestion, or suggestive feelings. They really are below the surface and make contact with what would otherwise remain silent. I suppose that's what's good about really good art.Free Music Review: Street Symphony: a celebration of life
Hit: 4 Stars
This is one of the most touching and uplifting compilations I've ever heard. It appreciates and loves one of our truly special cities. I'm looking forward to being there in April, and to seeing the Subdudes in Princeton this coming weekend since their concert in the DC area is sold out.