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In a recent interview with The A.V. Club, Madisonian songsmith Jeremiah Nelson looked back on 2010 as a total catastrophe in terms of his effort-to-production ratio. With an album shelved and a tough break from his last band, Nelson was forced to pivot toward a new direction and hit the ground running. Enter Drugs To Make You Sober, a polished fusion of alt-country and gleaming soundscapes.
“I know the future’s gonna sting / But I won’t let ’em clip my wings,” wails Nelson amidst a wall of harmonica and guitar on “Skin To Touch.” With wings untouched, Drugs finds Nelson perched on another planet from that of his former musical endeavors; exploring deep into watery soundscapes of string loops and synthesizer wobbles while still hanging onto his undeniably solid songwriting. Beneath Drugs’ slick atmospherics, Nelson holds it to a few jangling chords, simple guitar melodies, and big vocal harmonies that help dip the hooks of “Nothin’ To Lose” and “Show To Show” in an extra layer of sugar. (The latter is a darkly sweet folk jaunt with vocalist Heidi Spencer.) In more haunting numbers like “Floodplain” and the reverberated wash of “The End Of The Road,” Nelson keeps his Dan Bejar-touched vocal delivery sparse and simple as to give the moody feel more breathing room.
“I know the future’s gonna sting / But I won’t let ’em clip my wings,” wails Nelson amidst a wall of harmonica and guitar on “Skin To Touch.” With wings untouched, Drugs finds Nelson perched on another planet from that of his former musical endeavors; exploring deep into watery soundscapes of string loops and synthesizer wobbles while still hanging onto his undeniably solid songwriting. Beneath Drugs’ slick atmospherics, Nelson holds it to a few jangling chords, simple guitar melodies, and big vocal harmonies that help dip the hooks of “Nothin’ To Lose” and “Show To Show” in an extra layer of sugar. (The latter is a darkly sweet folk jaunt with vocalist Heidi Spencer.) In more haunting numbers like “Floodplain” and the reverberated wash of “The End Of The Road,” Nelson keeps his Dan Bejar-touched vocal delivery sparse and simple as to give the moody feel more breathing room.
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Drugs To Make You Sober
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nothin to lose
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Skin To Touch
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Floodplain v2
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Show to Show (with Heidi Spencer)
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The End of the Road
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Your performance last night at Lawrence University was fantastic! I can't wait to hear more from you!
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