2004-02-10
Rather than attempt to top what will be a career defining effort, Grant Lee has decided to pull up stakes and head South. His previous release, 2002’s solo debut Mobilize, was an industrial/alt-dance/pop masterpiece that still resonates with an unrivaled sense of assurance and liberation.This time around, the songs are more metaphor-laden character studies than self-revelatory. The music, too, is a striking departure, turning in a folk-based direction - “Cosmic Americana” as Gram Parsons once called it. Check out Grant’s version of Gram’s “Hickory Wind” which rounds out the album.
Though Creeper won’t outdo Mobilize, it proves that Grant's songs can stand up to the genre-leap test.
KEVIN DREW
Darlings
Jennifer O’Connor
Over The Mountain, Across The Valley & Back To The Stars
Billy Gibbons and The BFG's
Perfectamundo
GEORGIE JAMES
Places
MATT DUKE
Kingdom Underground
PAULA COLE
Courage
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