When your band name’s a buzz kill and your cover art scares Grandma…
Posted by Christian Carey in UncategorizedFacts about Funerals
Love Songs and Funeral Homes
Evangeline Records ev0008 (www.evangelinerecords.com)
As she pores over my review queue, my girlfriend asks, “Why do so many of the CDs you get sent to review have either gruesome artwork or grim band names?”
True, Facts about Funerals’s Love Songs & Funeral Homes has both gruesome artwork and a grim band name, but their music more than overcomes the initial foreboding impression. The Seattle-based group recorded their debut full length in the UK. Soaking up the scenery, the CD channels a classic British rock combination of crackling guitar riffs and hook-filled songs with a moody ambience. This is quite effective on the slow-burn ballad “Runaway with Me” and “A Different Man,” which features alt-country pedal steel and an understated vocal. A subdued demeanor also ably serves the delicately hued “Wedding Song.” The band cuts loose on the catchy mid-tempo rocker “Black Whiskey.” The members of Facts about Funerals may seem to require a bit of mood management, but their doldrums are to the listener’s considerable benefit.
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