Name: Black Angel Drifter
Brand: Morton Valence

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

CD-CPR-05

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Discogs ID

Discs

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

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Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2021-04-30

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

5070000138275

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

LP-CPR-05

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5070000138268

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Morton Valence

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Cow Pie Records

This, the seventh studio offering from Urban Country duo Morton Valence (Anne Gilpin and Robert "Hacker" Jessett), started life as their experimental side-project back in 2016. Legendary UK country label Cow Pie Ltd's - established in 1978 by BJ Cole and Hank Wangford - sensibilities were especially tweaked and they were convinced it was time this spectacular album finally got the airing it has always deserved, remastered and repackaged for a new era. The album features ten tracks. From the explosive intro of "Skylines Change / Genders Blur", coming at you like the illegitimate lovechild of The Jesus and Mary Chain and Ennio Morricone, to the down-at-heel "Black-Eyed Susan," replete with sweaty priest and bullwhips, Morton Valence also flirt with the blues on "Sister Pain," deliver sorrowful, divine love songs like "The Visit" &amp; "Hymn Four" and breathe fresh discordant life into the late 80s Bob Dylan classic, "The Man with the Long Black Coat." As antithesis to a no regrets-type torch song, ‘If I Could Start Again’, where a man recounts his misspent life from a prison cell, could have been penned by Merle Haggard. The unrelenting ‘Trail of Tears’ is more akin to late-70’s Martin Rev robotics than anything ever created on a guitar. Alongside Gilpin and Hacker, Alan Cook’s sublime pedal steel guitar is omnipresent throughout the album. <i>Black Angel Drifter</i> is an alt-country album that puts the rulebook through the shredder and starts again, set to put Urban Country on the map and give UK Alt-country an authentic new voice of its own, a voice that is genuinely original, new and exciting.<br>

Black Angel Drifter

Music US