Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire
Why, why do they leave? On the day that you needed them the most.
… you may ask. On Ryan Adams’s first album for 3 years (last year’s III/IV was recorded in 2008 and the metal record he released last year, under the nom de plume Orion, doesn’t really count) he has parted ways with the Cardinals - the backing group he had so effectively recorded with on some of his most appealing work of late. What’s left after the band has gone is a very stripped-down singer-songwriter, not in the riotous, chaotic mold of his earlier years but in a more sedate, tender incarnation. And that’s okay, there are some nice moments on here like Dirty Rain and the title track Ashes & Fire, but on the whole it feels a bit tepid. Perhaps it’s a grower - I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt for now….
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