john moreland LP5

​John Moreland (from the album LP5 available on LP5 available on Old Omens Records)
John Moreland is providing the soundtrack for the troubled times. Those troubled times could look back into twnety years ago or forward into twenty years from now, proof that the Tulsa-based singer/songwriter keeps an ear to the ground as he chronicles plight and personal issues never changing.  LP5 remains stripped down and honest with subtle layers, and a few tricks, from the instrumentation that give the LP5 a push beyond the typical folk offering. Album opener in “Harder Dreams” is timed for primary ballot delivery with the observation ‘all the gods are watching wars on television’. John Moreland is prepping the youngsters ripe for a first go-around in the voting booth to ‘graduate to harder dreams’.
“A Thought Is Just a Passing Train” features a blippy beat and organ groove, “Two Stars” is a wake-up instrumental, paired with “For Ichiro”, that comes further on in LP5, showcasing a John Moreland knack for instrumental noir. “Terrestrial” sings of ‘candles that burn at both ends’ while the music is a bed of laid-back folkie funk. “When My Fever Breaks” is a hopeful love song, one of the most up-tempo of the eleven on the record where John Moreland aches ‘you’re not here and I can’t be still, I don’t think I’ll sleep until I see you’. LP5 takes liberties with the traditional folk approach. While John Moreland has history in Punk Rock, he proves he also has got some chops in the digital world, building some beats that live comfortably beneath a folkie grit. 
 
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