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Soulsavers - Broken
You're not allowed to proselytise where I'm from - it's against the law. Comes with adopting the identity of a secular country. Wh»
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rough trade exclusive with a bonus mix cd. soulsavers return with 'broken', an essential and spirtual new album featuring mark lanegan, jason pierce, richard hawley, mike patton and more. the album is a future classic that delivers 14 tracks of wide-ranging majesty. lanegan - who reigns over ten tracks here - still sounds like the weight of the world sits on his shoulders. but the story this time begins with another voice. 'sunrise' is a west coast-drenched, lone-plains-drifter lament sung by will oldham, with lanegan supplying lyrics and music. spiritualized's jason pierce, duets with lanegan on 'pharaoh's chariot', which came about after both bands toured together in 2008. that most left-field of mainstream rollers, mike patton duets with mark on 'unbalanced pieces', 'broken's most electronic-enhanced cut, while richard hawley adds shadowy backing vocals to 'shadows fall', and finally gibby haynes of butthole surfers infamy appears alongside lanegan on 'death bells'. 'broken' also introduces a new voice, red ghost (rosa agostino). her suitably dark, sultry tones unfurl across three standout tracks - the stately 'by my side', the glowering 'praying ground' and the sensual, jazz-blues of 'rolling skies', on which she trades verses with mark over a steamy, new orleans-tinted groove.
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