Blues Funeral

Mark Lanegan Band, “Blues Funeral” (4AD, 2012)
Mark Lanegan’s ‘80s/’90s band, the Screaming Trees, were one of the first, best, and most underrated exponents of the “Seattle sound,” which they framed in a more mid-‘60s/garage/Brit invasion way than their peers. Two decades later, Lanegan’s immense, rich tenor (picture an indie-rock dude who can really sing – a white Luther Vandross in a flannel shirt) is as powerful as ever, and this superb album blends his solo work’s dominant blues-fatalist mode with a return to harder-rocking vintage Trees-isms.
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2/28/12