Ben De La Cour - Sweet Anhedonia
Review
"Folk music has a long tradition of darkness and darkness is something I know a lot about." - Ben De La Cour
That darkness takes on new dimensions with his fifth record, Sweet Anhedonia, a gripping collection of Americanoir soundscapes haunted by crooked folk ballads, scorched-earth heartland rockers and even the occasional ode to love, hope and redemption. Bouncing between first-person narratives and sharply-written character studies, these songs radiate a bruised, battered energy, with Ben delivering each one in a voice that's textured by years of hard touring and even harder living.
Recorded with Jim White in Athens and Nashville
Tracklisting
1 Appalachian Book of the Dead< |
>2 Numbers Game< |
>3 Maricopa County< |
>4 Shine on the Highway< |
>5 Sweet Anhedonia< |
>6 Suicide of Town< |
>7 Palookaville< |
>8 Brother< |
>9 American Mind< |
>10 I’ve Got Everything I Ever Wanted |