| THE RED THREAD | |||
| When
Jason Lakis's last musical outfit, the acclaimed Bay Area band Half Film,
parted ways, he did what any self-respecting musician does after a break
up - he holed himself up in his house and emerged six months later with
an album's worth of songs. The debut album from The Red Thread, After the
Last, is what happened when Jason took his finely crafted tunes to his friends
from San Francisco-based band The Inspectors, and came back with a musical
offering of slow-burning beauty with a sprinkling of countrified charm.
At the nucleus of their sound is the integration of whimsical spaghetti-western guitar licks, driving stop-start rhythms, and wistful, somber vocals that croon like a weathered cowboy who's seen too many rodeos. |
In other words, a little bit Calexico, a little bit Spoon, a little bit rock'n'roll. This full length album includes an almost unrecognizable, pedal-steel-infused cover of Bad Brains' "Sailin' On." |
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