http://www.twangnation.com/2008/04/04/review-star-anna-crooked-path-malamute-records/ Country Music, Alt-Country, Roots Music and Americana Music Blog Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:39:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.twangnation.com/2008/04/04/review-star-anna-crooked-path-malamute-records/comment-page-1/#comment-13126 Merle's Bastard Son Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:54:22 +0000 http://www.twangnation.com/?p=619#comment-13126 I downloaded the new album a couple of weeks and feel it is the best music I have come by in a long time. "The Only Thing That Matters" has a no holds barred rawness that latches on very fast and doesn't let go for the duration. It has a live in the studio feel (kind of like Exile on Main Street and LA Woman by the Stones and Doors respectively.) Lyrically, all of the songs resonate with Star Anna's recurring themes of her sense of place and the isolation of a wind swept Eastern Washington, complicated love and not quite love that still manage to go sideways, declarations of a ragged heart and still sweet soul amid the darkness of our times. More so than "Crooked Path" TOTTM shows case the superb guitar work of Justin Davis. There is a lot more to be heard of Star Anna and the Laughing Dogs. I downloaded the new album a couple of weeks and feel it is the best music I have come by in a long time. “The Only Thing That Matters” has a no holds barred rawness that latches on very fast and doesn’t let go for the duration. It has a live in the studio feel (kind of like Exile on Main Street and LA Woman by the Stones and Doors respectively.) Lyrically, all of the songs resonate with Star Anna’s recurring themes of her sense of place and the isolation of a wind swept Eastern Washington, complicated love and not quite love that still manage to go sideways, declarations of a ragged heart and still sweet soul amid the darkness of our times. More so than “Crooked Path” TOTTM shows case the superb guitar work of Justin Davis. There is a lot more to be heard of Star Anna and the Laughing Dogs.

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