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Tracklist (Vinyl)
| A1 | | Re-entry Blues | | 3:56 | | A2 | | Fireflies | | 4:18 | | A3 | | Spaced Out | | 4:52 | | A4 | | Centuries | | 4:28 | | A5 | | Sweetest Thing | | 5:06 | | B1 | | Wickedthing | | 4:48 | | B2 | | Blood Thirsty Lovers | | 3:00 |
See more tracks| B3 | | Hours | | 3:39 | | B4 | | Cigarette | | 4:38 | | B5 | | Contact Me Now | | 5:28 |
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Review
If the melancholy spirit of the Grifters' new album, Full Blown Possession, was personified, it would be a guy shuffling, head down, through life ("Happy"), picking his emotional scabs ("Blood Thirsty Lovers") and looking up only for a stiff drink and a red-haired woman ("Cigarette"). On Possession, the Memphis, Tenn., indie rockers' three guitars and the assorted Moog, Mellotron and organ create a neopsychedelic ocean fed by rivers of blue-eyed funk, classic trash rock and postmodern blues. "Sweetest Thing" encompasses a lot of that,… Read More pairing a mournful guitar and harmonica duet with industrial guitar and baroque clavinet for a lament that verges on dirge. And when a heartbroken Scott Taylor recalls a lost love, moaning, "That's the sweetest thing I ever heard," it's clear why the Grifters keep their heads down. (RS 769) NATASHA STOVALL |
