I Am The Moon: II. Ascension

Tedeschi Trucks Band

Released on 1/07/2022 by Fantasy
Main artists: Tedeschi Trucks Band
Genre: Rock

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Susan Tedeschi and husband Derek Trucks would like you to think that I Am The Moon maintains a coherent narrative that meaningfully wrestles with the most universal of life's questions across four albums. But while the entire project is based on the Sufi love story of Layla and Majnun, the second installment, Ascension, is in the end seven love songs that sway back and forth between the joys and the pain inherent in this most human of emotions. As in the opening volume Crescent, Tedeschi's voice proves to be the strongest force. Over the rocked up, organ-and-tambourine R&B of "Playing with My Emotions," she sings both the male and female parts, getting in several great lines like "He's flying home but he doesn't land" before trading electric guitar solos with Trucks. A bluesy bounce returns in "Ain't That Something" with Tedeschi's voice again being the glue that both leads and holds the tune together while Trucks' guitar lunges into a psychedelic-influenced solo in the background. Heartfelt and polished, this pair of opening numbers could easily fit on any Tedeschi Trucks record of the past. Winding charts for the group's horn section of Kebbi Williams (saxophone), Ephraim Owens (trumpet) and Elizabeth Lea (trombone) mark the 9-minute long "All the Love," supposedly a single unedited take. Authentic and true to its hallowed models, "So Long Savior" splits the difference between acoustic Delta blues and rousing gospel. Led by Trucks' slide guitar, which nods to the constant influence of his uncle's band The Allman Brothers, "Rainy Day" is the kind of pop-edged southern rock that Tedeschi Trucks have consistently had a talent for concocting. The country rock of "La Di Da," which closes each verse with "So we'll raise our glasses high/ To this bittersweet goodbye/ And we'll say farewell in the morning," has more than a whiff of Gram Parsons' "We'll Sweep Out the Ashes in Morning." While the seven-song Ascension is slightly stronger than the opening volume Crescent, thoughts of whether all of this might have been better as a double album inevitably creep in. This is a multimedia project, with the music meant to coexist with the short films, and how much that affects the way the songs sound as opposed to the look being played live is hard to say. But just from listening, there's no doubt this is precisely played, quality song craftsmanship. © Robert Baird/Qobuz

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Tedeschi Trucks Band

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Playing With My Emotions

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Derek Trucks, Producer, Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Elizabeth Lea, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Gabe Dixon, Hammond Organ, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pete Lyman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marc Quinones, Percussion, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Kebbi Williams, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Tedeschi Trucks Band, MainArtist - Tyler Greenwell, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Susan Tedeschi, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Rivers, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Mattison, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Alecia Chakour, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Olsen, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Tis, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ephraim Owens, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Boone, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Isaac Eady, Drums, AssociatedPerformer