Rocker Benjie Loveless has released his
new LP record album, “Bastards Bitch.” The album is comprised of
14 original tracks for a total of 26 minutes of playing time. It is
categorized as rock music and has been released by the artist
entirely independent of support from the music industry. “Bastards
Bitch” is a shockingly creative, stunningly colorful record, and
clearly one of this year's most important releases in any musical
category. It serves also as an arresting introduction to this unsung
rocker from Baltimore, who comes to the public with this towering
artistic accomplishment like a bolt of lightning out of left field.
The sound of “Bastards Bitch”
changes from song to song like the work of the Velvet Underground,
who were capable of music-box gentility and burning fireballs of
noise on the same record. Also like the Velvet Underground, a subtle
punk-rock sensibility underlies each track. Benjie Loveless himself
sings like a cross between Nick Cave and Roy Orbison with a touch of
Johnny Cash. The exquisite quality of his songwriting is staggering,
and consistently so from beginning to end.
Loveless names as artistic influences a
great ream of legendary artists, but the ones who seem to have lent
the most to “Bastards Bitch” are underground heroes Tom Waits,
Guided by Voices, and Pixies. The album also shares the versatility
of Ween, and the poetry and sonorousness of Leonard Cohen. It is a
mature record, one that comes with an ocean of passion and an equal
amount of intellect. These attributes are perhaps surpassed only by
the artist's vast, sweeping musical capacities and flawless taste.
Incredible though it may seem upon
hearing the record, Loveless alone is responsible for it – all of
it – from his impeccable writing to his perfect performance, from
the ingeniously raw production to the delightfully simple
engineering. It is literally a musical representation of the man.
Regarding the message of his new
record, Loveless writes that it communicates, “a vicarious cathartic release for lovelorn minds squirming with anxiety
and distress. Hope can exist," he says, "among chaos in the smallest
and darkest places. Reckoning and pain are necessary for growth."
"Bastards Bitch" by Benjie Loveless is available online worldwide beginning late spring 2013.
"Bastards Bitch" by Benjie Loveless is available online worldwide beginning late spring 2013.
-Sean McCauley
Sr. Staff Writer
MondoTunes
The LP “Bastards Bitch” is
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and is available at iTunes for convenient purchase and download
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