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.
Ben Folds
- Way to Normal
VAN MORRISON
KEEP IT SIMPLE
FICTION PLANE
Left Side Of The Brain
SHAWN LEE AND CLUTCHY HOPKINS
Clutch of the Tiger
ERNIE AND THE AUTOMATICS
LOW EXPECTATIONS
THE DARK FLOWERS
Radioland
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