The Mighty High
and Dry
‘American
Record’
Interrupt
Records
With Rochester
quartet The Mighty High and Dry, leader Alan Murphy has solidified his sound
and distinctive point of view within the band’s musical framework. The songs on
the band’s new six-cut recording “American Record” are unapologetic, with a
profound ache at their core that speaks to the fact that The Mighty High and
Dry are dreamers. Murphy sings of a long-gone “Musical America,” when music
held us in check and in its arms. The band continues the stripped-down
performance on “I Was Living Here”, singing, as with fists in the air, “Give me
back my country.” Listen for guest vocalists Brian Lindsay and Danielle Ponder.
There’s also “Bobby Sterling with its combination of drinking song and eulogy.
This article appears in Nov 21-27, 2018.
This is a Album Review? What kind of Music is this ie: Rock,Rap, Classical? Are the Songs any Good? Is it Album of the Year or the Worst Album ever Cut?