Night Beats
Myth of a Man
Release Date: Jan 18, 2019
Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
Record label: Heavenly
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Album Review: Myth of a Man by Night Beats
Very Good, Based on 2 Critics
Based on rating 7/10
It's easy to sound tough when you're part of a gang, but it's a good bit different when you're traveling all by yourself. With his band Night Beats, Danny Lee Blackwell kicked up a lot of dust with the 2013 album Sonic Bloom and 2016's Who Sold My Generation, playing fuzzy garage-accented rock with a bluesy undertow. But with his band at least temporarily out of commission, Blackwell was forced by circumstance to do things a bit differently, and he's doubled down on that thinking on 2019's Myth of a Man.
Based on rating 7/10
Night Beats are trying really hard to be outlaw cowboys dragged through a Technicolor dust storm — and, for the most part, they're convincing in their role on Myth of A Man. With blues, psychedelic rock and R&B carefully pulled together, their sound is retro but rarely dated. The first single off the album, "Her Cold Cold Heart," is especially potent; the song topic is nothing new, but it's handled deftly and the result is intoxicating. "(Am I Just) Wasting My Time" is another lament for a disinterested lover, but the differences ….
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