MOODS LP, by Roo Davies

MOODS LP

by Roo Davies

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1.	MY LEVELS ARE ALL WRONG 04:19 video	buy track
2.	ABSINTHE AND LSD 02:29 video	buy track
3.	FRANCES 04:38	buy track
4.	BEST IMPRESSION 02:51	buy track
5.	ARRAKIS 03:00	buy track
6.	SCHOPENHAUER'S BLUE 03:36	buy track
7.	BOBBY FOUND JESUS 03:20	buy track
8.	SONG OF THE SEA 04:15	buy track
9.	MA ANAND SHEELA 03:39	buy track
10.	IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T ENJOY TALKING 04:21	buy track

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songs written by Roo Davies
recorded in lutruwita (Tasmania) July 2023
produced by Roo Davies & Jethro Pickett
engineered & mixed by Jethro Pickett
mastered by Colin Leadbetter

ROO DAVIES – lead vocals & guitars
MOLLY DAVIES – backing vocals & piano
JETHRO PICKETT – lap steel, organ & piano
LOUIS GILL – double & electric bass
BEAU THOMAS – drums

we acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which we made this record, the Melukerdee People (or Huon River People) of the South East Nation, and pay respects to their Elders past and present

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released April 5, 2024

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A WORD FROM BELOVED BUSH LEAGUE BARD VAN WALKER:

Ah a parcel from Roo Davies! Returning my Jackson C Frank bio and Charles Jenkins masterpiece Blue Atlas. And... a cd copy of Roo's own new album MOODS LP. I must be the only person on earth still with a cd player. But will it play a burn? Blood oath it will!

First track My levels are all wrong is warmly Lo-fi with a groovin band, some sweet Frusciantesque guitar, and Roo's calming voice even while stressing about his levels. Followed by the jaunty Absinthe and LSD and Frances, a dark finger styled folk excursion, I'm digging what I’m hearing so far. Something of the pleasant slightly skewed psych ditties of Syd Barrett's solo work, underlying a depth of lyric such as one might find with John Prine. Best Impression is more of the same, with loopy spooling lyrics a la Blaze Foley, plus some lugubrious pedal steel.

Arrakis is much the same. Schopenhauer's Blue I expect is gonna be pretty heavy, channelling the giant of 19th century philosophic pessimism. Roo changes the vocal pace here, sounding more gruff and beginning to edge toward the sonic world of Fenn Wilson or even Mark Lanegan. The song doesn't really go anywhere besides lamenting Schopenhauer's blues, which, c'mon, is frankly a tautology, but I dig the concept.

The old cd player is starting to skip which is a pity cause Bobby found Jesus sounds like it may be the best track on the album so far with sweet female bvs and a band working perfectly to swing the song like a Lemonheads classic. Song of the Sea is skipping like a drowning man gulping at air so I have to skip it/save it but Ma Anand Sheela plays without incident with keys now at the fore and from a distance a vocal reminiscent of John Frusciante, as is the closer It's not that I don’t enjoy talking.

This is just over 30 mins of good shit from Roo with a choice band of sympathetic musicians (Molly Davies, Jethro Pickett, Louis Gill & Beau Thomas) that are spot on and their subtle but certain touch compliment Roo's material. Overall it's an enjoyable jaunt through Davies Moods, with the consistently cruisy tempo of a lazy Sunday arvo into the shadows of early evening, and a perfect album to kick back and count your toes to.

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