Discover Don't Beat a Dead Horse, the new album from the rootsy Italian acid blues group The Rootworkers.
If some had a certain worry about the possible frozen state of Delta blues, here is a record which will reassure them about the vigor of the beast. Deeply rooted in tradition (“Catfish Blues”, “Dead Flower Blues”), the music of The Rootworkers does not hesitate to let itself be overtaken by desires for soul, garage rock or even to spill over into psychedelia.
If “Devil on My Bed”, the first single tends towards Jack White, “It's Gone (And It's Alright)” is openly psychedelic. “Not My Cup Of Tea” offers the best summary of the affair: traditional blues guitar in intro then everything moves towards a wild psychedelic boogie as we like. There is only “Desert”, too “cool ballad”, which loses the thread a little. A roots album that knew how to nourish itself with other plantations.
Find this column on The Rootworkers in our n°176, available on newsstands and via our online store.
Here is the tracklist:
- Love Don't Pay The Rent
- Unstoppable Pleasure
- Catfish Blues
- Desert
- It's Gone (And It's Alright)
- Proud Of My Life (Don't Ask Me Why)
- Not My Cup Of Tea
- Devil On My Bed
- Dead Flower Blues (Alt. Take)
