New Paul Westerberg: 49:00
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Here is the first song -- there are no tracks -- on Paul's new 49:00 release -- which is available as a 49 cent download this week at Amazon. If these are throwaways, I can't wait until his next proper release. Great stuff -- more later.
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Just a little more detail -- this is a real treat -- there are songs -- along with snippets of songs and some real crazy guitar hooks just thrown in between songs.
It's kind of a blank slate for the listener too -- there are no song titles, so you can make up your own like I did above. There is a song about five what would be about five tracks in (or 16 minutes in) in that I'll call "Devil Raised a Good Boy" that is fantastic.
His father's recent death is all over this record too. He obviously took it hard -- and having recently gone through this myself, these sentiments that woven through some of the songs really hit home for me. Like thinking you should call your Dad about something -- oh wait -- crap . . . So call your dad, if you can.
The other weird thing about this is that there are some realy simple melodies in some of these songs. My little guy was swaying back and forth like he does with "Wheels on the Bus." I don't know if Paul is going to do a Dan Zanes on us -- he has one foot in kiddie rock already with the "Open Season" soundtrack -- but you can see how he could be doing kids songs next listening to this.
It's not hard to imagine putting a sheen on some of these tracks and having a big new "comeback" record released through a major -- but I guess he just doesn't want to deal with all that and would rather release this stuff rough on his own.
What's more, this is a big middle finger to the singles culture we all seem to be in -- you'll have to cut this up yourself if you just want a track here or there.
Anyway -- this may be the biggest bargain in history at 49 cents -- so go get it at Amazon. I'll post a couple of more songs at some point.