Some engaging singles include a fine cover of Lloyd Cole’s classic “From the Hip,” by Baltimore vocalist Kurt Deemer. Having an equally deep & melodic voice as Cole, Kurt’s new LP “World Upside Down,” should be equally striking.
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Roots Time Belgium reviews James Houlahan’s Ordinary Eye, calling it “one of the best albums of the year”
Mainly dark folk songs and Americana songs—that’s what you can expect on the latest record from singer-songwriter James Houlahan, a guitar-playing musician from Los Angeles, and one-time co-founder of the bands Dogs On Television and The Jody Grind, two groups with their roots in Boston, where Houlahan was born and grew up. Some of his earlier songs have also been featured in commercials, movies and television series.
Because of the somewhat gloomy lyrics, his songs can sound rather heavy and desolate, but they’re not all autobiographical, and oftentimes just sprout from his rich imagination with the aim of creating a certain atmosphere for the listener. Houlahan already has five albums in his discography, and we’d like to explain the latest, Ordinary Eye, a bit more for you here.
A total of 12 songs take you on a trip through the life of this singer-songwriter for 50 minutes. Most of the songs were written during his extensive promotional tour of America following the release of his previous 2018 album The Wheel Still in Spin. His observations of the world around him formed the basis of Ordinary Eye, but without wanting to pass judgment. The climate crisis, political divisions, the social climate of his home country and its citizens over the past two years—and how the common man is trying to cope with these troubled times—are all themes covered in this new record.
The album was recorded in Los Angeles in the weeks leading up to the first corona crisis in the United States. The musicians who worked in the studio on this recording were producer Fernando Perdomo who plays bass, keyboards and acoustic guitar, violinist Scarlet Rivera and drummer Danny Frankel, while Esther Clark provides the female backing vocals. Houlahan also plays acoustic and electric guitars to accompany his songs.
All these musicians provided a very specific and special cachet to the tracks from Ordinary Eye, starting with beautiful opening track “As It Is” (which you can listen to in the video at the link below) and which was selected as the first single from the album. The violin sounds of Scarlet Rivera color the folk songs “Tomorrow’s Had Enough Of Me,” “What Is Our Love”—with the striking phrase, “it’s more efficient to be without pain”—and the beautiful “Walking Through The Fire.” In addition, Houlahan’s electric guitar playing forms the basis of songs like “The Jailer,” “Writ In Water” and the very beautiful blues ballad “All These Blues.”
Our favorite songs on this album, however, are the catchy riff-floating “Tehachapi Dust,” on which Clark provides a soft but beautiful second voice, and the modest but atmospheric “You Are Not Alone,” with which he gives the average American a heart in these difficult times. Just take it from us—James Houlahan’s Ordinary Eye will be one of the best albums this year. Listen for yourself and be convinced.
Read more and watch the “As It Is” video here.
Listen: Captain Americana playlist for 3/8/21
Listen to this week’s Captain Americana Spotify playlist featuring:
Coma Girls – Pasadena (Baby Robot Records)
Orville Peck – Smalltown Boy (Spotify Singles)
The Savants of Soul – Honey Child (FAME Studios)
The Avett Brothers – Mama Tried – Live (Merle Haggard cover)
Parker Smith – Arrowroot
Jimbo Mathus, Andrew Bird – Sweet Oblivion
Emily Moment – By the Sea
Eddie Vedder – Say Hi
The Armadillo Paradox – Can’t Hold a Job
Damien Jurado – Helena
June Star – Seven Pieces (WhistlePig Records)
Ditchbird – Real Enough for You Now
The Little Miss – Shrink
Jon LaDeau – Time Capsules
Katie Jo – How Soon
Melissa Erin – Whole Lotta Nothin’
Blue Water Highway – Grateful
Spencer Burton – Love at First Sight
Matthew Check – Refua
David Quinn – Thunderbird Wine
Wayne Graham – Slept Alone (K&F Records)
Martin Ruby – The Letter Reader (WhistlePig Records)
Josh Merritt – Not a Life to Save
James Houlahan – Down in the Mud
Stuffy Shmitt -She’s Come Unglued
Farees – Black Hole Blues
Simona Smirnova – Joan’s Calling – Original soundtrack to The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928 French silent film directed by Carl Dreyer)
The Good Graces – Stop Making Plans
Shannon Clark & the Sugar – Let It Ride
Rosy Nolan – Return to Spawn
Amigo the Devil – Quiet as a Rat
Lilly Winwood – California
Mara Connor – Ain’t That a Shame (Fats Domino cover)
Drew Young – Don’t Leave This Magic Moon
Roan Yellowthorn – Vampire (Blue Elan Records)
Listen: State of the Art Spotify playlist for 3/8/21
Listen to this week’s State of the Art Spotify playlist featuring:
K Michelle Dubois – On The Run Again (Baby Robot Records)
Noname – Rainforest
Coma Girls – Pasadena (Baby Robot Records)
Julien Baker – Heatwave
The Pinkerton Raid – Au Cheval
Kero Kero Bonito – The Princess and the Clock
David Croley Broyles – Hot Water (From the film Ham on Rye)
Cloud Nothings – Nothing Without You
Kurt Deemer Band – Take a Chance
Sharon Van Etten, Big Red Machine – A Crime
The Savants of Soul – Honey Child (FAME Studios)
Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic – Leave the Door Open
The Armadillo Paradox – Can’t Hold a Job
girl in red – Serotonin
June Star – Seven Pieces (WhistlePig Records)
St. Vincent – Pay Your Way in Pain
Parker Woodland – Forget Your Face
Stetch Panic -Ouija Boy & Intro
Juana Everett – Free As a Bird
Guitarmy of One – I Spy the Prisoner
Blue Water Highway – Sign Language
Simona Smirnova – Joan’s Calling – Original soundtrack to The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928 French silent film directed by Carl Dreyer)
Carissa Johnson, The Cure-Alls – Something Good
Karaoke – Baby
This Way to the EGRESS – Knock Knock
Ray Dalton – Don’t Make Me Miss You
Slut Magic – Say You’ll Be There (Spice Girls cover)
Mara Connor – Ain’t That a Shame (Fats Domino cover)
Hus Kingpin – Beth Gibbons
Piper Madison – Phonograph
Second Idol – White Noise
Jax Hollow – Say My Name
Raveena – Tweety
Slackrr – Playing with Fire
R. Missing – Placeholder for the Night
Bachelor (Jay Som, Palehound) – Anything At All
Flock of Dimes – Price of Blue (Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak)
Blanck Mass – Starstuff (ex-Fuck Buttons)
Glitterer – Are You Sure?
Nonagon – Tuck the Long Tail Under
Xiu Xiu, Liars – Rumpus Room
Unwed Sailor – Blitz
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Grateful Web exclusive: The new spy-noir video from Scott Helland’s Guitarmy of One
“Oh, you were in Deep Wound?”: an FAQ for punk roots thrasher Scott Helland, whose prolific songwriting has yielded over 30 records since the ’80s, ever since that fateful flyer fell into the hands of lo-fi heroes, J Mascis and Lou Barlow. Helland has since opened for many great rock bands, including Hüsker Dü, Black Flag w/ Henry Rollins, Cro-Mags, COC, 7 Seconds and more.
Eventually, Helland jettisoned punk rock and thrash metal in the ’90s, picking up an acoustic that he began strumming and chasing after atmospheric melodies and the songs that came with it. He relied on looping and self-sufficiency, which eventually led him down a path of spy-noir instrumentals, inspired by The Rockford Files, The Man from Uncle, I Spy, and others from childhood immersion.
In the tight-lipped, complex and solitary characters celebrated in those shows, Helland finds an analog for his own go-it-alone forays into stylish post-punk guitar composition. “I like the thought of providing music for a movie inside someone’s head,” he says. Thus, his solo career under the moniker Guitarmy of One was born.
The title ‘Overtones of Hercule and Holmes’ is a tipping of the hat to those classic detective characters. Hercule Poirot is from the Agatha Christie series and Holmes, of course, is from Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes series. “I took my perception of those characters and wrote a soundtrack for them,” Helland says. This song fits with the rest of the album, The Spy Detective Collective, which is inspired by spy and detective shows from the ’60s and ’70s. The album has an all-instrumental spy-noir feel, with driving acoustic-electric melodies over propulsive electro beats.