Tomahawk - Anonymous (Dig)
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Artist: TomahawkEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2007-06-19
Music Label: Ipecac Recordings
Soundtracks:
- War Song
- Mescal Rite 1
- Ghost Dance
- Red Fox
- Cradle Song
- Antelope Ceremony
- Song Of Victory
- Omaha Dance
- Sun Dance
- Mescal Rite 2
- Totem
- Crow Dance
- Long,Long Weary Day
Free Music Notes for Anonymous (Dig)
Free Music Review: The Snide Hipster Backlash
Hit: 5 Stars
I went into my first listen of Anonymous with a bias against it, having read some of fan reviews here at Amazon and hearing some of my biggest fears about the project expressed. Primarily, the biggest flaw I ever find in Patton projects is an emotional distance from the music he does, which at times borders on what sounds like Patton's smartass sarcasm finding its way into the recordings. For instance, way back when Faith No More did a cover of "Easy Like Sunday Morning" it sounded like, vocally, he was making fun of the song rather than simply covering it.
So, when some reviewers expressed that Patton is "silly" here and not respectful of the source material, I thought "Oh no." Because that's sometimes a problem for Patton (I'm no blind worshipper of everything the man does even though I am fan.)
But, after numerous listenings, I can say I'm honestly shocked. I really did expect Patton to be too frivolous with the Native American source material. But then while listening, I asked myself: First and foremost, does this succeed as a Tomahawk album? The answer is a resounding yes. It is a tight, heavy rock album that integrated native American Music in a creative, inspired way.
After all, how many of us rock fans (and/or Patton fans) are connoseurs of Native American music? And is there really any reason, aside from a ridiculous sentimentality, to believe there is an obligation to "honor" it, rather than to look it as any other form of music that Patton has integrated into his vast music portfolio (filmscore, jazz, polka, hip-hop, death metal, and on and on and on?)
First, despite Pattons prolific pace of output, I still find it shocking that an album of this quality could show up just a few weeks after he finished up his Peeping Tom tour. Patton layers so much skilled, intricate vocal work into this album that it sounds MUCH more like a work of many years than the mostly shallow Peeping Tom album did--which was supposedly "years in the making." Clearly, Patton works best when he works fast.
Anonymous is powerful, refreshing and better than the majority of recordings I've bought in the last 12 months. It sounds haunted, uprooted and wandering, and actually a bit mystical. And to me, that is enough for it to render some "truth" from its source material. And it takes Patton into new vocal territory. . . and with what the man has done in the past, one would have to wonder, is he ever going to run out of new ideas and vocal sounds?
Not every recording Patton has done in the last several years is some flawless object of adulation, and Patton fans often come across as blindly worshipful of anything he does, so I can kind of understand the desire to pick this album apart and try to find what's wrong with it. But some of the reviewers, like Eerievonevil sound like they are more hung up on their own ego, as promoting themselves as superior music fans. But that kind of review is not helpful.
Again, Anonymous succeeds as a Tomahawk project. And take the controversial musical history and fan-worship aspect of Patton out of this and simply listen to the recording as "Hard Rocking Band integrates Native American Music into its sound" and you will realize you are listening to a special, powerful, original recording that is not to be missed. . .not just by Patton fans, but by fans of great, boundry pushing music in general.
The cerebral, intellectual, technical aspects of Pattons skills are always present in his recordings, but he seems to guard his emotions, to be distant from his listeners, and in that way so much of his recordings in recent years seem like games, like exercises in mastering challenges, but lack heart. Anonymous surprised me because it does have an emotional heart that I've found missing in the majority of Patton's recordings.
But I know Patton is capable of covering material without sarcasm, to render a song with beauty and heart. . .anyone who caught Peeping Tom's final performance at the Fillmore in SF where he did an acapella version of "Llorando (Crying)"--much like the version heard on the Mullholland Drive soundtrack--knows what I'm talking about. And that's what I hear on Anononymous--it's one of the most powerful, honest vocal territories Patton has ever explored.
And let's not forget the band. The musicans on the album are in top form, making music that breaks away from what Tomahawk has done in the past while retaining a distinctive sound. If an album this good can't get five stars, I don't know what should.
Anonymous (Dig) Poster
A thirteen-track album that reverentially explores and reinterprets the darker, more recessed ancestral music created by North America's indigenous people, the title reflects the countless individuals who contributed to these songs but went un-credited throughout history.Alternative Rock Music CDs
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