Left for Dead

Wussy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 8, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Shake It
• ASIN: B000XJSMD0
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,273 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 4.5 Stars... Excellent follow-up album to "Funeral Dress", January 7, 2008

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Paul Allaer (Cincinnati) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Left for Dead (Audio CD)

In 2005, Wussy released a very impressive debut album "Funeral Dress", and after steady touring behind that album, the band then took its time to release a second album. Now comes the eagerly awaited new album.

On "Left for Dead" (12 tracks, 41 min.), the band steers slightly away from the sound on the debut album (or more correctly put, the band evolves), to bring a more open-ended, even more playful and upbeat sound. Most of the songs are fronted by Lisa Walker, although Chuck Cleaver also gets a a number of tunes, including the great opener "Trail of Sadness". "Mayflies", "Killer Trees" and "Rigor Mortis" are among the Walker-fronted songs that stand out for me. The latter part of the album does not let up, with a couple of standouts like "Melody Ranch" and the close "Vivian Girls".

At 41 min., "Left for Dead" clips by in no time and you find yourself playing it again. I would be remiss not to point out that Wussy hails from Cincinnati, and I've had an opportunity to see the band a number of times at local shows. They are simply excellent, and I highly recommed "Left for Dead". The album was actually released last Fall but is only now becoming more widely available, including here on Amazon. Last but not least, I have to give a shoutout to the fact that Wussy is part of a very vibrant indie-music scene in Cincinnati, with a crop of excellent bands besides Wussy, including Buffalo Killers, Bad Veins, Pomegrenates, johnnytwentythree, Dietaudio, and on and on. You can hear many of these bands on internet-only station WOXY, by far the best source for indie-music anywhere in the US.

5.0 out of 5 stars Flawless, yet left for dead., June 8, 2010

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Don Diego Decordona "Charlemagne in Sweatpants" (The Forest of Feelings) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Left for Dead (Audio CD)

Wussy is one of the best things going in rock/pop music right now, beautiful arrangements and melodymixed with great lyrics. An musical alchemy of sounds yielding aural bliss.

5.0 out of 5 stars Not many records like this anymore, February 17, 2009

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M. SMITH "tiny" (Music Heaven) - See all my reviews
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Surely a throwback album. The male singer sounds like Neil Young, and as soulful. Minimal production and no keyboards that I can hear. I love Chuck Cleaver's songwriting, but this is an album were Lisa Walker shines. Her songs are moving, rough and I'd imagine--if they ever toured outside their home state--they might sound like this live. A flawless rock record.