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Style : Country
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Armed with his guitar or banjo, Australian alt.country star Rory Ellis presents his fifth studio album ”Perfectly Damaged” to the world on June 27th. Rory Ellis is a native Australian but during the years working as a musician he somehow acquired the taste for the UK as his second homeland. Ellis start touring the UK for the first time in 2004 and has since then come back now and then to stay there en tour around the UK and the mainland.
Musically this album is a mix of blues and country. From straight forward country songs like “The gift” to a great blues track like “Street Angel House Devil”, Perfectly Damaged delivers a collection of good-time, toe-tapping songs, seasoned with the gravely voice of Mr. Ellis. Together with his subtle acoustic instrumentation, his powerful vocal command brings the vivid stories from perfectly damaged to life. The leading track “Waiting for Armaguard” sounds like a crossover with folk and country. On “Jesus Lane” Ellis proceeds on bit further on the folk path, but the title track of the album is drenched deep in southern blues. Another nice song on the album is “Gravy Train”. This time Rory Ellis mixes old time country and rockabilly into something of his own. “65 Pontiac” brings out the best of the complete album and is my hot pick on ”Perfectly Damaged”. Think Tony Joe White meets Sixteen Horsepower and you have an idea of the killer tune “65 Pontiac” that is burned on this silver platter.
Mixing blues, folk, hillbilly, country and rockabilly into something exciting and wild is without doubt the best way to describe ”Perfectly Damaged”. The album comes with enough diversity and genres that labeling it with Country would do it some damage in certain way, however this is not your average Americana as well and the moniker Americana would certainly not serve well for this album. Check it out for sure!
Mr. Blue Boogie
Rate (1-5) :
Armed with his guitar or banjo, Australian alt.country star Rory Ellis presents his fifth studio album ”Perfectly Damaged” to the world on June 27th. Rory Ellis is a native Australian but during the years working as a musician he somehow acquired the taste for the UK as his second homeland. Ellis start touring the UK for the first time in 2004 and has since then come back now and then to stay there en tour around the UK and the mainland.
Musically this album is a mix of blues and country. From straight forward country songs like “The gift” to a great blues track like “Street Angel House Devil”, Perfectly Damaged delivers a collection of good-time, toe-tapping songs, seasoned with the gravely voice of Mr. Ellis. Together with his subtle acoustic instrumentation, his powerful vocal command brings the vivid stories from perfectly damaged to life. The leading track “Waiting for Armaguard” sounds like a crossover with folk and country. On “Jesus Lane” Ellis proceeds on bit further on the folk path, but the title track of the album is drenched deep in southern blues. Another nice song on the album is “Gravy Train”. This time Rory Ellis mixes old time country and rockabilly into something of his own. “65 Pontiac” brings out the best of the complete album and is my hot pick on ”Perfectly Damaged”. Think Tony Joe White meets Sixteen Horsepower and you have an idea of the killer tune “65 Pontiac” that is burned on this silver platter.
Mixing blues, folk, hillbilly, country and rockabilly into something exciting and wild is without doubt the best way to describe ”Perfectly Damaged”. The album comes with enough diversity and genres that labeling it with Country would do it some damage in certain way, however this is not your average Americana as well and the moniker Americana would certainly not serve well for this album. Check it out for sure!
Mr. Blue Boogie