The cracks became a chasm
Gathered in a junkies orgasm
I just pray that he’ll survive it
And walk past his body again
– Walk Past the Body again
This #FeatureFriday is Dr Organ an artist I first became aware of through the bandcamp randomiser I love music that takes a swing. Music that challenges you but I also love music with a hook, a melody. Sometimes the simpler the better. This album does both. It counterpoints really melancholic songs with instrumentals that challenge you.
Music like this hits me much more than most music. It appeals to my meloncholic nature. I hear beauty in it but fundamentally I’m jealous of it’s simplicity. I hear The Handsome Family in here as well as Daniel Johnston. It has that heart to it but it also has a production quality that allows the melodies to really hit.
The songs are beautifully paced, pretensions are left at the door. Lyrics allowed to breathe, minimal instrumentation and a carefree production give these songs the ability to soar in exactly the right way.
The instrumentals feel like they belong in an 1970s noir, which creates that odd counterpoint but it works by god. It offers a relief because this album could be considered maudlin by some. Not me by the way. There are pockets of melody in this recording that feel timeless, classic, ethereal.
‘Just Another Night’ is a good example of this. Man, I wish I could whistle like that.
Totally recommended by me. The more I listen the more it hits.
This album threw me for a loop a few times. On one hand, there are the songs that are “normal” singer-songwriter pieces; vocals accompanied mostly by guitar and / or synth that emphasize the lyrical content. On the other, there are tracks that are purely instrumental with a pretty involved production, that put most weight on the general mood to get their point across. Putting this seemingly unusual mix of styles aside,
I wondered how the different songs would work together and the answer is that they not only work, they feel consistent and cohesive. The overall feeling of the album is frustrated, even depressed at times, with a sober outlook on society and its machinations; observations and emotions that Dr. Organ expresses in an honest and relatable way.
Overall, I’d recommend this to everyone who is interested in a mix of alternative folk and lo-fi music. There are enough little pulls on the heartstrings in there to make this journey very enjoyable. Also, you simply have to appreciate an artist who has the audacity to write a line like “The sky raining down rain“!
Previously…
The Nirvana Fallacy (or, Mania and Her Sophomore Slump) – Saint Louie
- #FeatureFriday – 1991 by Maisie Marra
- “Muay Thai Bag” by Foxcall
- A Place To Go When You Need To Hide by Rose Alaimo
- #FeatureFriday – And the Bones by Dr. Organ
- #FeatureFriday WIENER DEMEANOR by Cheer Captain
- #FeatureFriday – Effusion by Sweet Freeze
- Beginings Revisted by Jim France
- Recording in Progress by Aaron Smith
- Believer, a.k.a. The Last Shall Be the First
- Scrapyard Boyz: Ultra Despair Duo – Grizzly, Slogan
- The Nirvana Fallacy (or, Mania and Her Sophomore Slump) – Saint Louie
- The Cocker Spaniels Are Still Alive, And So Are You
- X by Everything’s a Crime
- Take to The Streets by Eparapo
- Ashenheart – Faded Gold
- Underground by Trina Chakrabarti
- Happy New Year #Feature Friday
- Adrift by Angry Blue Planet
- Hells Bells – Dallas Orbiter’s Spaceman Things
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