The alt-rock LA-based musician from Louisville, Kentucky, aka David Pajo, returns with six long-ish numbers, not necessarily themed around the famous escape artist, but packed with ear-catching, meaty, thrumming, sometimes looped, and always dynamic guitar work and rhythmic experimentation. Much of the album’s run time is instrumental, but when Papa M sings, his raspy voice is certainly distinctive, and on standout track Ode To Mark White, the strong melodies sound create what feels like a hybrid of a classic by Tom Waits and Bruce Springsteen. Instrumental opener Thank You For Talking To Me (When I’m Fat) unfurls with oddball sounds and mesmeric, metronomic momentum, and of the rest, another highlight is Rainbow of Gloom, a bluesy downbeat groove with further smoky, marvellously miserable vocals. Out on Drag City.
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