Contemporary Blazin’
American Standard Time, 2022
8/10
Listen to Contemporary Blazin’
David Phillips, aka Wino-strut, a veteran Los Angeles artist and musician, continues his laid back and stress free approach to song craft, where friends drop by for these 9 eccentric, roots rock tunes that never sit in one place for very long.
“Creation Of A Stone” starts the listen with a sort of psyche-friendly twang and gritty singing in the atypical rootsy flavor, and “Master Plan” follows with soaring harmonica and thumping drums populating the rugged country-rock that welcomes brass.
Halfway through, the hazy “Peace, Love & Shade” brings a warbly sense of intimacy that’s quite charming, while “Time Zones” emits soulful female vocals to the lush, textured and dreamy album highlight.
Further down the line, “Keep Climbin’” makes great use of well timed banjo and raw singing for the swampy southern sounds, and “Not So Secret, Secret Song, Song” exits with a poetic folk tune that’s just Strut’s warm pipes and soothing strumming.
A very iconoclastic version of country ideas, Strut’s cosmic and artistic vision of songwriting sure does make an impression that lingers long after the music stops.
Travels well with: This Lonesome Paradise- Nightshades; Will Stewart- County Seat