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Drunk With Passion

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Interesting, the highlight of this album, for me, has always been "Dying from the inside out." Being a huge Husker fan as well as a fan of Mr. Mould the song was always the first one I skipped to when playing this disc. I once heard a critic (and I paraphrase here) describing this song as "like listening to a man being boiling alive in oil" and with this I agree. Cathartic in the extreme, and WAY out of place on an otherwise placid album, however... The song itself was the only reason I picked up the album....Michael Stipe was a close second.

One great song: Bob Mould meets Richard Thompson on the cathartic "Dying From the Inside Out;" one pretty good song, the Michael Stipe vocalist "Alive and Living Now;" and a slew of Amanda Kramer atmospheric ballads, the best of which is "The Haunting." It may be possible to get this one really cheap used, otherwise try to find a download of "Dying From the Inside Out" and skip the disk.

A bit of a mish-mash of shoegaze-y reverbed mellowness a la the Cocteau Twins, leavened with appearances by Bob Mould, Michael Stipe, and Richard Thompson.

For a project that revolves around a drummer, rhythm seems decidedly understated. A pleasant enough listen, but nothing to pay big bucks for.

I followed the trail of Richard Thompson which led me straight to Drunk With Passion by the Golden Palominos. Richard is my Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval for popular music - his presence on any recording is a stamp of artistic integrity. Drunk with Passion is a collection of dreamy slow-tempo songs with vocals by Amanda Kramer. Instead of the usual technique of mixing the solo vocals center-forward, Amanda's voice is buried in the mix and appears to come from all points. Her disembodied voice gives Drunk With Passion an eerie quality. `The Haunting,' `When The Kingdom Comes,' and `Hands Of Heaven' are favorites featuring the ghost of Amanda and Richard Thompson's delicate guitar work - the combination is hypnotic. Minor flaw: the screaming and chaotic `Dying From The Inside Out' spoils the relaxing mood set by the previous six compositions. It's out of place. That aside, Drunk With Passion is a mesmerizing fifty-minutes courtesy of the Golden Palominos.

Not as trippy and serene as THIS IS HOW IT FEELS and PURE, this album clearly has the sound groundwork being cooked up. More acoustic and folky, but with dreamy ethereal touches a la Cocteau Twins.