While it’s by no means Grade A Lanegan, it’s an interesting, immersive collection that will pull you back for repeat listens. It’s the most electronic material Mark Lanegan has done to date, the culmination of the last nine years of more and more keyboards appearing on his albums.

It’s back to death disco for the 12-minute multipart Skeleton Joe Manifesto, which I believe is a fine exponent of what’s referred to as ‘dark wave’, insistent and menacing.Īt sixteen tracks over an hour and a quarter, there’s a lot to digest here. It’s pure New Order, and is what some might call an absolute banger! It suits Cardamone and Lanegan well, probably the best collaborative track here. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Turning In Reverse is just fantastic. Hiraeth and Sunday Morning 2:30 AM are moody but strangely uplifting, in a kind of fucked-up, Drive soundtrack, David Lynch way. Early on, Lanegan channels Cave on Lost Animals, crooning “don’t live a life like mine”, and fans of Lanegan’s world-weary growl will enjoy this, Crime and much of this material. Dark Mark & Skeleton Joe, aka the synth-leaning duo of Mark. Some of it (Lay Me Down, Cold Summer) is reminiscent of recent Nick Cave material. Mark Lanegan & Joe Cardamone (Icarus Line) announce debut LP, share No Justice. Sold for 21. No Justice features Lanegan and Cardamone’s voices mixing seamlessly over more dance rhythms, while Sanctified is another slab of robodance.īut chilled out, slower tracks are more the order of the day here. Dark Mark vs Skeleton Joe Eddie Spaghetti & Frank Meyer Harry Cloud Hayley and the Crushers Josie Cotton Kira Paul Roessler Tombstones in their Eyes Velvet Starlings Gallery YouTube Facebook Twitter Youtube Rss. Dark Mark Vs Skeleton Joe (Mark Lanegan Screaming Trees & Joe. like the musical equivalent of a souped-up boxing ring, they present 'Dark' Mark Lanegan in the red corner and 'Skeleton' Joe Cardamone in the blue. Mark Lanegan will reassume his Dark Mark moniker for a new side project with former Icarus Line singer Joe Cardamone. Now, we're pleased to announce that Electro-arena experts (and by proxy, label) Kitten Robot have provided ample opportunity for such a spectacle to take place. Sometimes, artists are able to reconcile collaborating and facing off at the same time. Skeleton Joe (DMvSJ) mines electronic music and unearths an experimental sound for both of them, a sound. Shop more: Coldwave/Synth DARK MARK vs SKELETON JOE Kitten Robot.

Robert Finley, Dan Auerbach 1:11:32 Jeff Fielder - The Mark Lanegan Band - Amy. A project born from mutual respect, Dark Mark vs. Lanegan belts out the lyrics like a bruised bear with someone standing on its tail. 1:14:48 Joe Cardamone - The Icarus Line / Dark Mark Vs. What this means, in reality, is the album is a mixture of pulsing, beat-heavy ominous dance tunes and more chilled-out slabs of gloom, not far removed from Lanegan’s last few ‘band’ albums.Ĭreepy keyboards and sinister laughter introduce Living Dead, one of several ‘dance’ songs, of which it’s unlikely anybody would really dance to. Instead, the pair have conjured up a set of pretty full-on electronica.

Fans of Lanegan’s more stripped-down material aren’t catered for here. A new release from Mark Lanegan has just emerged, this time a collaboration with Joe Cardamone, from Icarus Line.

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