JanneWesterlund – Oran (9pm Records)
Having spent the past decade or so indulgingavant-noise, Krautrock and stoner rock passions in the experimental Finnishbands, Circle, Pharaoh Overlord and Plain Ride, “Oran” is Janne Westerlund’sdebut as a solo artist.Playing all instruments (guitar, banjo, keyboards andpercussion), bar congas and djembe on a couple of tracks, the output here - analbum of brooding, hypnotically simple, yet slightly left of centre, anaesthetizedfolk - is far removed from his noisy background.
There’s more than a touch of down at heel hard livingportrayed in Westerlund’s gruff voice and lines like “I was low with nothing todo, I got high on cough medicine” and track titles like “Hallelujah, I’m a Bum”(a traditional hobo song) fail to persuade otherwise.
Opener “A Prayer for Judee Sill”, whose troubled,overdubbed vocals pay tribute to the ‘70s singer writing icon, includes tonegenerations which hang a little acid off its folk infused bones. “Evelyn Rose”in true “Matty Groves” fashion follows in an almost doom-laden tradition, “Kingdomof Control” is a dark, stark, banjo-led country ballad and the highlight, “FamousBirthmark” is like a tribal gathering featuring Tom Waits, Tim Buckley and amore acoustically driven Spacemen 3.www.jannewesterlund.tumblr.comwww.9pm-records.deWillsk
JanneWesterlund UK Dates8/12/12 Brighton, Northern Lights
7/12/12 Stourbridge, Katie Fitzgerald’s
6/12/12 Glasgow, Mono Cafe Bar
5/12/12 Bath, The Bell Inn
4/12/12 London, The 12 Bar Club(w/Mäkkelä’s Trash Lounge)
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