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Warm in the Wake - Gold Dust Trail
- A righteously thought provoking album filled with obtuse imagery that will make you sit and speculate each song’s undertone describes Warm in the Wake’s Gold Dust Trail.
“Tame Thoughts” has Pedal Steel guitar work from Page Waldrop and Andy Barker’s vocals sing about emotional complications that he is coping with through denial, with lines such as, “I’m dissassociative, it’s not a problem. Living downtown here with one another…you wanna solve it… You want a character well then you got it.” There is also organ play from Danny Barker for an exhilarating tone, despite the downtrodden lyrics.
“Hearts vs. Heads” has more Pedal Steel guitar work from Waldrop along with drum play from James Taylor Jr. and piano play from Danny Barker. A female vocalist lends her sanguine voice to this song that is about the debate between using your intellect versus utilizing your emotions, with lines like, “The hearts can set you free. Hearts wanna move a tree. With heads they’ll spin you around…Heads wanna charge a fee. Heart they’ll give it away. Hearts get lifted every day.” The comparison as to what each can do to your feelings and actions are exhibited in a cute and rhythmic way.
“Golden Inhibitor Destroyer” is an odd title for a song, but its somewhat darker tone is featured through the bass work from Andy Barker and drum play from Taylor.
“Good King” has more bass work from Barker and drum pounding from Taylor. The track seems to be extolling about a skirmish and the image of the victor reveling in his triumph, with lyrics like, “I don’t know...But the last time was so much fun. An artificial smoke has just passed and the champion won. I cried and cried out again.” It could have been utilized in the latest Sylvester Stallone film, Rocky Balboa, but might not have had enough vigor to be included in the next chapter of the boxer who beat the odds and tried to be the best he could be, no matter what.
“What You Seek” has more organ work from Danny Barker, Pedal Steel guitar from Waldrop and drum work from Taylor. The organ begins the song and fades in with a dominant build-up that could get listeners riled up for the remainder of the track, then segues into the guitar work. It has thoughtful lyrics like, “When you read when you’re off on your own. Its not in the conversation that you had on your phone. It’s not in the vices you’d like to think are truly there. What you seek you’ll never find it until you get there.” It’s a song about chasing the unknown and discovering things about yourself that were alien to you previously.
Warm in the Wake’s Gold Dust Trail is one album where you should try your best to discern the connotations behind the songs and really pay attention to the agile instrument play, as the band’s sound is one of sincerity and truthfulness.
Reviewer: Sari N. Kent
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Reviewer's Rating: 9.5
Reader's Rating: 10.00
Reader's Votes: 1
Added: 28-Jan-2007
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