American Hearts, by A.A. Bondy

American Hearts

by A.A. Bondy

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james osullivan Don't normally leave a comment but it would be a shame to not have this in your collection if you like Americana. There's no re-invention Of The wheel here. The simplicity in the song writing and emotion seems to click with me on a similar level to a Jason Molina song, although I wouldn't compare the two musically.

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1.	How Will You Meet Your End 04:02	buy track
2.	There's a Reason 04:12	buy track
3.	Black Rain, Black Rain 03:14	buy track
4.	Rapture (Sweet Rapture) 03:20	buy track
5.	American Hearts 04:16	buy track
6.	No Man Shall 03:35	buy track
7.	World Without End 02:31	buy track
8.	Lovers' Waltz 03:26	buy track
9.	Vice Rag 02:02	buy track
10.	Killed Myself When I Was Young 03:50	buy track
11.	Witness Blues 03:12	buy track
12.	Of the Sea 03:21	buy track

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he Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride through the first two tracks on A.A. Bondy's solo debut, American Hearts. The third track, "Black Rain Black Rain", recounts a personal plague, and on the fourth, "Rapture (Sweet Rapture)", he sings about, well, you know: "I don't want to talk about Jesus, I just want to see his face." Beset with demons but daring the Almighty to appear, Bondy has clearly forsaken the rock crunch of his former band Verbena-- which, despite their one-time hype, turned out to be a house built upon the sand-- and has reinvented himself as a southern preacher type, steeping blues-folk sermons in Biblical imagery and seeing fire and brimstone on the horizon, LOVE and HATE tattooed on his knuckles.

-Stephen M. Deusner pitchfork.com 7.3/10

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released April 18, 2008

Recorded in The Red Barn. Palenville, NY.

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