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Head On a String | The Blacks | 1:51 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Call | The Blacks | 4:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Fake Out Jesus | The Blacks | 2:41 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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How He Cried | The Blacks | 3:37 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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I'd Like to Say | The Blacks | 4:05 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Off the Couch | The Blacks | 3:05 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Goin' Out West | The Blacks | 4:24 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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To a Sucker | The Blacks | 3:06 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Valentine's Day | The Blacks | 3:02 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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I Asked My Mom | The Blacks | 1:35 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Foggy Minded Breakdown | The Blacks | 3:12 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Rest My Bones / Diablo | The Blacks | 3:01 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Head On a String (Reprise) | The Blacks | 1:15 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 13 Songs |
Album Review
The Blacks deal in what might be described as country-goth, a rather spooky off-shoot of the alt-country movement. Their second offering is filled with the same moody, ramshackle sprit that made their first album so rewarding. While there is a bit too much reliance on the bull-horn distortion effect on vocals, it's a solid effort overall. Danny Black's impassioned voice helps drive home tunes like "Head on a String" and the clever "Fake Out Jesus." The dull cover of Tom Waits' "Goin' Out West," however, has nothing on the original.
Biography
Genre: Alternative
Years Active: '90s, '00s
The Blacks, a Chicago-based insurgent country band, were formed in 1994 by singer/guitarist Danny McDonough, a former member of psychedelic hard rockers Cornmother, who quit the latter group after discovering the music of Hank Williams, Tom Waits, and Louis Armstrong. Teaching himself basic drumming and trumpeting skills, he began writing songs on a four-track recorder; after several months, he met DePaul...
Full BioTop Albums and Songs By The Blacks
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Almost Black (Richard Sen's Padded Cell Edit) | ZEVolution- ZE Records Re-Edited | 5:27 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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- $9.99
- Genres: Alternative, Music, Country, Alternative Country, Rock
- Released: Mar 07, 2000
- ℗ 2000 Bloodshot Records
