Bass Drum of Death - Say I Won't [Colored Vinyl] (New Vinyl LP)

The point of an odyssey is to return home changed-still the same person, but deepened somehow, wiser and better, wearing your traveling scars proudly. Bass Drum of Death's new album Say I Won't is the end result of a journey that took singer and bandleader John Barrett from a small town in Mississippi and sent him across the world and back home again. The music still rips, with blown-out guitars and drums that sound like bombs going off, and the melodies are catchier than ever, hollered in Barrett's trademark yelp. But the music hits differently now, more at peace with itself, propelled by a new swagger. Say I Won't is the record of a veteran band finding it's stride and leaning into it, stripping back the excess and finding the raw core of their sound. Say I Won't, the band's fifth record, comes at a time of massive change for Barrett, having relocated from New York to his hometown of Oxford, Mississippi during the pandemic. The record is also a homecoming of a different sort, with the band rejoining the ranks of Fat Possum, also in Oxford, the label that released their first record GB City in 2011.

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A1        Find It
A2        Head Change
A3        No Soul
A4        Say Your Prayers
A5        Keys To The City
A6        Wait
B1        Swerving
B2        White Vine
B3        No Doubt
B4        Everybody's Gonna Be There
B5        Say I Won't
B6        Too Cold To Hold