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divine horsemen hot rise of an ice cream phoenix

9/3/2021

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​Divine Horsemen (from the album Hot Rise of an Ice Cream Phoenix available on In The Red Records) (by Bryant Liggett)
It’s been 33 years since Divine Horsemen have dropped new tunes, and their latest Hot Rise of an Ice Cream Phoenix is a sound just as edgy and gloriously left-of-center as it was in the 1980’s. Post Punk and Roots Goth, Chris Desjardins aka Chris D’s writing is sad urban grit, his duets with Julie Christensen are half-sung, half spoken word, and 100 percent heartache. The duo come off as your cranky neighbors that bang out rough around the edges racket. “Can’t You See Me” has a Rock’n’Roll stroll with the two trading lyrics claiming ‘lonely people are the ugliest people in the world,” while “Handful of Sand” is a big charging punky blast and a lyrical question of self as the two sing “I need to change my life, it’s a mess’.
There is a slight, subtle jangle in “Love Cannot Die” and a Tex-Mex vibe via accordion in “Mind Fever” while “Mystery Writers” chugs along with a dirty riff and handclaps drive the aggressive “Stoney Path”. This is Punk World Music. The Divine Horsemen sound is ultimately identifiable by Chris D’s recognizable moan, and that moan is supported by a band that kills. Guitar player Peter Andrus is a punk player with a worldbeat influences and the rhythm section of Bobby Permanent and the LA legendary punk drummer D. J. Bonebrake (X) is all drive. The word ‘unique’ is apt; Garage Rock melodies rubbing elbows with South of the Border rhythms and parts of Europe, all given a haunting Los Angeles Goth Punk treatment by Divine Horsemen. (by Bryant Liggett)
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