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Grit, elemental rhythm, tight-as-a-drumhead playing, and a profound depth of feeling: these are the promises of a great soul band. And St. Paul and the Broken Bones deliver on those promises. Half the City is the compelling full-length Single Lock/Thirty Tigers debut of the Birmingham, Alabama-based sextet, who have already created a maelstrom of interest with their roof-raising live shows and self-released four-song 2012 EP. Produced by Ben Tanner of Alabama Shakes, and recorded and mixed in the storied R&B mecca of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, the album harkens back to the region s classic soul roots while extending the form with electrifying potency. Half the City vital, direct, emotionally affecting presents the same engaged, high- voltage, in-the-pocket sound that St. Paul and the Broken Bones produce at their live dates, where Janeway s extroverted performing style enraptures his audiences. I m going to be dancing, getting in the aisles, climbing on tables, he says. That s just the way we do it. It really takes me back to church. There s not a lot of difference. When I get on stage, it s, All right, it s time to pour it on.
Condition:NEW. Marked upc
TRACK LISTINGS
Disc 1
1 I'm Torn Up (3:37)
2 Don't Mean a Thing (3:06)
3 Call Me (2:51)
4 Like a Mighty River (3:22)
5 That Glow (3:03)
6 Broken Bones & Pocket Change (3:47)
7 Sugar Dyed (2:27)
8 Half the City (3:17)
9 Grass is Greener (4:14)
10 Let It Be So (3:18)
11 Dixie Rothko (3:32)
12 It's Midnight (2:31)
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