ELVIS PERKINS - DOOMSDAY - CD - 2009 EP UK - COMO NUEVO

ELVIS PERKINS - DOOMSDAY - CD - 2009 EP UK

Album Features UPC: 634904045920 Artist: Elvis Perkins Format: CD Release Year: 2009 Record Label: XL (UK) Genre: Country

Track Listing

1. Doomsday

2. Gypsy Davy

3. Stay Zombie Stay

4. Stop Drop Rock and Roll

5. Weeping Mary

6. Slow Doomsday

Details Playing Time: 22 min. Distributor: Alternative Dis. Alliance Recording Type: Studio Recording Mode: Stereo SPAR Code: n/a

Album Notes

Personnel: Noah Meites, Michael Irwin (trumpet).Audio Mixers: Chris Shaw ; Seth Manchester; Keith Souza.Recording information: Machines With Magnets, Pawtucket, RI; The Clubhouse.Photographers: Wyndham Boylan-Garnett; Wyndham Boylan-Garnett.Released seven months after the full-length ELVIS PERKINS IN DEARLAND, DOOMSDAY takes its cues from two versions of the titular song. One appears exactly as it did on DEARLAND, with horn blasts and sprightly kick drum driving it along, while the other is performed like a spiritual, its former energy slowed down to an elegant, penitent pace. Gospel music pops up throughout some of the disc's strongest moments: the church house harmonies of "Weeping Mary," the funeral-march cadence of "Stay Zombie Stay," and the swirling organs of "Gypsy Davy" (a cover of the traditional "Gypsy Laddie"). For those who prefer the faster version of "Doomsday," though, "Stop Drop Rock and Roll" is an old-fashioned sock hop romp, complete with slapback echo and a standard blues progression. Perkins has always carried the torch of vintage Americana, and he covers all his bases here.