JACK RIVER KINGS
''MANSION AND THE MONEY''
SEPTEMBER 23 2012
50:47
1/Proenneke/5:42
2/Women Like Her/4:15
3/Face of the Earth/3:44
4/Lewiston Lights/4:00
5/Oil and Water/5:32
6/Devil's Spine/6:02
7/Billy Jessop/5:33
8/The Sonoran Affair/4:07
9/Laundromat/3:32
10/Mansion and the Money/8:13
ABOUT
The Jack River Kings are made up of some of the best roots-rock musicians Anchorage, Alaska has to offer in the way of Matthew Dean Herman, Aaron Benolkin, Martin Severin and Patrick McLaughlin. By the time I’d found lead singer Matthew Dean Herman’s debut solo album, Blackbird, he’d already morphed (or was in the process of) into the full band ensemble that is The Jack River Kings, and I’ve anticipated this follow up every single one of the 3 years it took to materialize.
First and foremost, this is a rock record. Sure, it has moments where you can see the Drive-By Truckers t-shirt underneath the bearskin jacket, or whatever animal it is they wear for warmth in Alaska, but this is all rock. If modern country is pop with a fiddle, then The Mansion and The Money is rock with a pedal steel and that’s a good thing. Alaska, according to my television, is not an easy place to live, and people spend good portions of their time there as active parts of the food chain. I could not reconcile that TV generated fact with someone who sounded like Bon Iver. Nope, that perceived fact needs fuzzed guitars, big drums and deep, well seasoned vocals for that shit to sit right.
Jack River Kings know this. And they deliver.
DoWnLoAd
''MANSION AND THE MONEY''
SEPTEMBER 23 2012
50:47
1/Proenneke/5:42
2/Women Like Her/4:15
3/Face of the Earth/3:44
4/Lewiston Lights/4:00
5/Oil and Water/5:32
6/Devil's Spine/6:02
7/Billy Jessop/5:33
8/The Sonoran Affair/4:07
9/Laundromat/3:32
10/Mansion and the Money/8:13
ABOUT
The Jack River Kings are made up of some of the best roots-rock musicians Anchorage, Alaska has to offer in the way of Matthew Dean Herman, Aaron Benolkin, Martin Severin and Patrick McLaughlin. By the time I’d found lead singer Matthew Dean Herman’s debut solo album, Blackbird, he’d already morphed (or was in the process of) into the full band ensemble that is The Jack River Kings, and I’ve anticipated this follow up every single one of the 3 years it took to materialize.
First and foremost, this is a rock record. Sure, it has moments where you can see the Drive-By Truckers t-shirt underneath the bearskin jacket, or whatever animal it is they wear for warmth in Alaska, but this is all rock. If modern country is pop with a fiddle, then The Mansion and The Money is rock with a pedal steel and that’s a good thing. Alaska, according to my television, is not an easy place to live, and people spend good portions of their time there as active parts of the food chain. I could not reconcile that TV generated fact with someone who sounded like Bon Iver. Nope, that perceived fact needs fuzzed guitars, big drums and deep, well seasoned vocals for that shit to sit right.
Jack River Kings know this. And they deliver.
DoWnLoAd