While not the Will Arnet inspired Banana Grabber death metal opus I was hoping for, Gob Iron is an interesting piece of music. Gob Iron is a UK slang for harmonica. and the band is a collaboration between Son Volt front man Jay Farrar and Varaline multi-instrumentalist Andres Parker.
Death Songs for the Living is album composed of folk tunes, are reworked to the duo's own stylistic musings. Where the music is not much of a departure from Farrar's work with Son Volt and Uncle Tupelo the album is interesting a quite good. The album could be best described as close cousin to that of Tupelo's March 18-20, 1992. Farrar playing the part of, well Jay Farrar, and Anders playing Jeff Tweedy. Both adding their own finger prints on each of the songs. The biggest complaint is that Anders doesn't play a bigger role vocally on the album. Anders voice sounds like a young Billy Bragg and is a bit fresh (at least to my ears) then Farrar's lazy pseudo-southern drawl.
Highlights on the album on are, "Hard Times," "Hills of Mexico," and "Death is Only a Dream."
***This post updated while watching Boston Legal***
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