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When you've spent most of your career sounding as if you were living in the 21st century by fate rather than by choice, figuring out how to sound more up to date is going to be a complicated thing, and it seems that Pokey LaFarge has been giving that scenario a lot of thought. Since releasing Manic Revelations in 2017, Pokey LaFarge left St. Louis for Los Angeles, experienced what he calls a "fall from grace," had a spiritual reawakening, and recorded 2020's Rock Bottom Rhapsody, in which he clearly wants to change up his usual creative persona as a slightly twangy jazzbo here on a pass from 1923. The rootsy jazz-inflected sound that dominated LaFarge's early albums is wired deep enough into his DNA that he can't entirely shake it in as far as his melodies are concerned, but in terms of his production and arrangements, he's clearly willing to fight that. The distorted vocals and drums on "Fuck Me Up" give the performance a suitably messed-up lo-fi undertow, "Storm a Comin'" is steeped in '60s-style soul, a late-'50s/early-'60s pop vibe informs "End of My Rope," and if the arrangement on "Bluebird" is seriously retro, the circular snap of the drums and the layered vocals on the chorus are a giveaway that someone had been spending some time listening to dance music in a club. At times, Rock Bottom Rhapsody sounds as if LaFarge is trying very hard to break new creative ground for himself, though the results aren't a particularly radical shift from what his fans have come to expect. But if he sounds a bit uncertain about how to present himself, LaFarge's confidence as a songwriter is strong and justifiably so. "Lucky Sometimes" is a love song just sweet enough to work without getting gooey, the folky shuffle of "Just the Same" is well matched to a confessional lyric, and "End of My Rope" nods to his personal troubles without wallowing in self-pity or demanding we feel sorry for him. And if LaFarge's reedy voice still doesn't sound up to date, he's developed enough vocal authority to not sound totally lost outside of a faux-nostalgic context. Pokey LaFarge is still working out the math on how to exist in more than one decade at a time, but Rock Bottom Rhapsody has more than enough good things in it that he's probably going to be just fine wherever he finally settles down.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
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Chris Seefried, Composer - Pokey LaFarge, Composer, MainArtist - Pokey LaFarge Publishing (BMI), MusicPublisher - Hall Notes (BMI) c/o Princess Lola Two Music (BMI), MusicPublisher
2020 New West Records, LLC 2020 Pokey LaFarge Publishing (BMI) / Hall Notes (BMI) c/o Princess Lola Two Music (BMI)
Chris Seefried, Composer - Pokey LaFarge, Composer, MainArtist - Pokey LaFarge Publishing (BMI), MusicPublisher - Hall Notes (BMI) c/o Princess Lola Two Music (BMI), MusicPublisher
2020 New West Records, LLC 2020 Pokey LaFarge Publishing (BMI) / Hall Notes (BMI) c/o Princess Lola Two Music (BMI)
Chris Seefried, Composer - Pokey LaFarge, Composer, MainArtist - Pokey LaFarge Publishing (BMI), MusicPublisher - Hall Notes (BMI) c/o Princess Lola Two Music (BMI), MusicPublisher
2020 New West Records, LLC 2020 Pokey LaFarge Publishing (BMI) / Hall Notes (BMI) c/o Princess Lola Two Music (BMI)
JULES BIHARI, Composer - Chris Seefried, Composer - Pokey LaFarge, Composer, MainArtist - Joe Lutcher, Composer - Pokey LaFarge Publishing (BMI), MusicPublisher - Hall Notes (BMI) c/o Princess Lola Two Music (BMI), MusicPublisher
2020 New West Records, LLC 2020 Pokey LaFarge Publishing (BMI) / Hall Notes (BMI) c/o Princess Lola Two Music (BMI)
Chris Seefried, Composer - Pokey LaFarge, Composer, MainArtist - Pokey LaFarge Publishing (BMI), MusicPublisher - Hall Notes (BMI) c/o Princess Lola Two Music (BMI), MusicPublisher
2020 New West Records, LLC 2020 Pokey LaFarge Publishing (BMI) / Hall Notes (BMI) c/o Princess Lola Two Music (BMI)
Chris Seefried, Composer - Pokey LaFarge, Composer, MainArtist - Pokey LaFarge Publishing (BMI), MusicPublisher - Hall Notes (BMI) c/o Princess Lola Two Music (BMI), MusicPublisher
2020 New West Records, LLC 2020 Pokey LaFarge Publishing (BMI) / Hall Notes (BMI) c/o Princess Lola Two Music (BMI)
Chris Seefried, Composer - Pokey LaFarge, Composer, MainArtist - Pokey LaFarge Publishing (BMI), MusicPublisher - Hall Notes (BMI) c/o Princess Lola Two Music (BMI), MusicPublisher
2020 New West Records, LLC 2020 Pokey LaFarge Publishing (BMI) / Hall Notes (BMI) c/o Princess Lola Two Music (BMI)
Chris Seefried, Composer - Pokey LaFarge, Composer, MainArtist - Pokey LaFarge Publishing (BMI), MusicPublisher - Hall Notes (BMI) c/o Princess Lola Two Music (BMI), MusicPublisher
2020 New West Records, LLC 2020 Pokey LaFarge Publishing (BMI) / Hall Notes (BMI) c/o Princess Lola Two Music (BMI)
Pokey LaFarge, Composer, MainArtist - Pokey LaFarge Publishing (BMI), MusicPublisher
2020 New West Records, LLC 2020 Pokey LaFarge Publishing (BMI)
Pokey LaFarge, Composer, MainArtist - Pokey LaFarge Publishing (BMI), MusicPublisher
2020 New West Records, LLC 2020 Pokey LaFarge Publishing (BMI)
Pokey LaFarge, Composer, MainArtist - Pokey LaFarge Publishing (BMI), MusicPublisher
2020 New West Records, LLC 2020 Pokey LaFarge Publishing (BMI)
Pokey LaFarge, Composer, MainArtist - Pokey LaFarge Publishing (BMI), MusicPublisher - Addie Hamilton, Composer - That Dame (SESAC), MusicPublisher
2020 New West Records, LLC 2020 Pokey LaFarge Publishing (BMI) / That Dame (SESAC)
Chris Seefried, Composer - Pokey LaFarge, Composer, MainArtist - Pokey LaFarge Publishing (BMI), MusicPublisher - Hall Notes (BMI) c/o Princess Lola Two Music (BMI), MusicPublisher
2020 New West Records, LLC 2020 Pokey LaFarge Publishing (BMI) / Hall Notes (BMI) c/o Princess Lola Two Music (BMI)
Albumbeschreibung
When you've spent most of your career sounding as if you were living in the 21st century by fate rather than by choice, figuring out how to sound more up to date is going to be a complicated thing, and it seems that Pokey LaFarge has been giving that scenario a lot of thought. Since releasing Manic Revelations in 2017, Pokey LaFarge left St. Louis for Los Angeles, experienced what he calls a "fall from grace," had a spiritual reawakening, and recorded 2020's Rock Bottom Rhapsody, in which he clearly wants to change up his usual creative persona as a slightly twangy jazzbo here on a pass from 1923. The rootsy jazz-inflected sound that dominated LaFarge's early albums is wired deep enough into his DNA that he can't entirely shake it in as far as his melodies are concerned, but in terms of his production and arrangements, he's clearly willing to fight that. The distorted vocals and drums on "Fuck Me Up" give the performance a suitably messed-up lo-fi undertow, "Storm a Comin'" is steeped in '60s-style soul, a late-'50s/early-'60s pop vibe informs "End of My Rope," and if the arrangement on "Bluebird" is seriously retro, the circular snap of the drums and the layered vocals on the chorus are a giveaway that someone had been spending some time listening to dance music in a club. At times, Rock Bottom Rhapsody sounds as if LaFarge is trying very hard to break new creative ground for himself, though the results aren't a particularly radical shift from what his fans have come to expect. But if he sounds a bit uncertain about how to present himself, LaFarge's confidence as a songwriter is strong and justifiably so. "Lucky Sometimes" is a love song just sweet enough to work without getting gooey, the folky shuffle of "Just the Same" is well matched to a confessional lyric, and "End of My Rope" nods to his personal troubles without wallowing in self-pity or demanding we feel sorry for him. And if LaFarge's reedy voice still doesn't sound up to date, he's developed enough vocal authority to not sound totally lost outside of a faux-nostalgic context. Pokey LaFarge is still working out the math on how to exist in more than one decade at a time, but Rock Bottom Rhapsody has more than enough good things in it that he's probably going to be just fine wherever he finally settles down.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
Informationen zu dem Album
- 1 Disc(s) - 13 Track(s)
- Gesamte Laufzeit: 00:37:09
- Künstler: Pokey LaFarge
- Komponist: Various Composers
- Label: New West Records
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
2020 New West Records, LLC 2020 New West Records, LLC
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