Secret South
- 16 Horsepower
- Band Name: 16 Horsepower
- Record Label: Razor & Tie
- Release Date: Sep 12, 2000
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Seldom have banjos, violins, organ, and bandoneon (an old accordion that helps define the band's unique sound), let alone guitar, piano and, stand-up bass, seemed quite as intimidating and brooding as in the hands of this band.
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69Secret South is a characteristically strong showing, but ultimately, it pales in comparison to its predecessors. The self-produced album retains the band's unique sound, but fails to measure up to the perfect match they found in guitarist John Parish for Low Estate's crisply rustic atmosphere. Even without any of the droning squeezebox ballads that accounted for Low Estate's few weak spots, it somehow lacks the momentum and fury that made that album such an engaging listen.
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The objective was to make a fucking brilliant album where the mood is king, the delivery is queen and studied modern coolness is a jester that's one misplaced quip away from being the lion's breakfast. And, of course, they've succeeded.
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80The sounds that pour forth from the teamwork of David Eugene Edwards, Jean-Yves Tola and co. echo another time so completely, that at times you might think these sounds were recovered, rather than newly created.
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80Secret South may be an even stronger work than its predecessor, 1998's exceptional Low Estate
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70Melodies howl along before being ground down under the weight of distorted guitar. Strings float songs along, then scrabble against the flow.
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mooX8Their strongest set yet; an appealing amalgam of Nick Cave, Will Oldham and Joy Division.