MARK LANEGAN & DUKE GARWOOD - With Animals LP americana With their roots firmly planted

With their roots firmly planted in Detroit's Cass Corridor punk rock and hardcore scene of the early 80s

“It’s a powerful first statement for an album that stretches beyond the band’s admitted ’90s sweet spot into rough-and-tumble college rock and ’70s power pop & country

" and "Pearl Bomb" are my favorites here but you can't go wrong with any of the songs

the tracks here show the band’s gnarly sound to already be in potent form

and Sex & Food is the most eclectic and expansive Unknown Mortal Orchestra release yet

MARK LANEGAN & DUKE GARWOOD - With Animals LP americana With their roots firmly plantedThe record's twelve songs are spectral and sinewy, often defined by the spaces in between the sounds. A ghost's whistle weaves itself around a pulsing single note on Lonesome Infidel; Feast to Famine's hard luck story floats above a guitar part so strung out and washed with distortion it's become barely recognizable. It's soul music for anyone who's long since left the crossroads.