2014-03-02
If the lyrics on this album are at all autobiographical, then Ron Pope doesn't have much luck with the ladies as each song on Calling Off The Dogs deals with the loss and lamentation of relationships (or different stages of the same one).
Poppy harmonies on the opening tracks Lick My Wounds and Empty Page transport the listener back to the 80's and trivialize the depth of the album's lyrical content. However Pope - born 1983 and raised in the Atlanta, GA suburb of Marietta - demonstrates more mature songwriting on the orchestral Push Me Away and Back to Bed, a Midwest tale of loss which even an electronic clap track fails to spoil.
Ron Pope manages to at times both delight and depress with this moody collection of songs which will appeal to fans of Jason Mraz and John Wesley.
Stand-out tracks: Push Me Away (6), Back to Bed (9)
Assembly of Dust
The Honest Hour
Blue Dahlia
The General
ROBERT POLLARD
From a Compound Eye
VARIOUS ARTISTS ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK
Beneath The Darkness Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
WILLAMENA
Lost in the Shadows
Modern English
Take Me To The Trees
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