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David Nance & Mowed Sound in Bloomington, MN
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David Nance
has worked hard to earn his reputation as a man with a passion for loose, loud rock & roll, projected through the lens of garage punk and textured with
Nance
's powerful guitar mangling. On albums like 2017's
Negative Boogie
and 2018's
Peaced and Slightly Pulverized
,
's music was raw, raucous, and alive, music for people who value passion over technique. Passion is still
's greatest priority, but on 2024's
David Nance & Mowed Sound
, he introduces a new band and shows that there's something to be said for a more careful and dynamic approach.
seems to have discovered the pleasures of '70s country rock, and this set of songs is dominated by an understated, rootsy twang and a feel that's laid-back but sharply focused at the same time. The acoustic guitars, electric piano, and vocal harmonies on "Tumbleweeds" make for a mildly trippy campfire singalong, even as a plaintive cry of guitar feedback lurks in the background. "Credit Line" is a taut exercise in country funk that's made to order for a Saturday night, and "Cure vs. Disease" is a swampy number that would have done
J.J. Cale
proud. The very pleasant surprise is that
and his bandmates -- guitarist
James Schroeder
, bassist
Derrick Higgins
, and drummer
Kevin Donahue
, with some extra guests sitting in -- slip into this music with an easy authority, more languid but no less emotionally engaged than his more raucous efforts, and the spare acoustic closer, "In Orlando," leaves no doubt that
can do heartache at 3 A.M. every bit as well as he can summon a wall of fuzzy mania. It's anyone's guess if
represents a new direction for the frontman or just a detour on the way back to wilder things, but if his goal was to show he had some cards up his sleeve we hadn't seen before, he succeeds brilliantly. ~ Mark Deming
has worked hard to earn his reputation as a man with a passion for loose, loud rock & roll, projected through the lens of garage punk and textured with
Nance
's powerful guitar mangling. On albums like 2017's
Negative Boogie
and 2018's
Peaced and Slightly Pulverized
,
's music was raw, raucous, and alive, music for people who value passion over technique. Passion is still
's greatest priority, but on 2024's
David Nance & Mowed Sound
, he introduces a new band and shows that there's something to be said for a more careful and dynamic approach.
seems to have discovered the pleasures of '70s country rock, and this set of songs is dominated by an understated, rootsy twang and a feel that's laid-back but sharply focused at the same time. The acoustic guitars, electric piano, and vocal harmonies on "Tumbleweeds" make for a mildly trippy campfire singalong, even as a plaintive cry of guitar feedback lurks in the background. "Credit Line" is a taut exercise in country funk that's made to order for a Saturday night, and "Cure vs. Disease" is a swampy number that would have done
J.J. Cale
proud. The very pleasant surprise is that
and his bandmates -- guitarist
James Schroeder
, bassist
Derrick Higgins
, and drummer
Kevin Donahue
, with some extra guests sitting in -- slip into this music with an easy authority, more languid but no less emotionally engaged than his more raucous efforts, and the spare acoustic closer, "In Orlando," leaves no doubt that
can do heartache at 3 A.M. every bit as well as he can summon a wall of fuzzy mania. It's anyone's guess if
represents a new direction for the frontman or just a detour on the way back to wilder things, but if his goal was to show he had some cards up his sleeve we hadn't seen before, he succeeds brilliantly. ~ Mark Deming
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