Search - Subdudes :: Lucky

All music is new when it's new to you.

07/14/1999

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I discovered the 'dudes by accident, right about the time they broke up. Fortunately, they left enough tasteful, soulful music in their wake that it took me two years to finally dig through all of it. "Lucky" is a great first taste of the subdudes. All the signature elements are there; crisp guitar, understated accordian, spirited mandolin and, as always, lead vocals and harmonies that come from the place where pleasure and pain, hope and despair all somehow co-exist. "Deepest Thoughts" will usually trigger a first-time listener to ask, "Who is this?", while "Bye Bye" could serve as an anthem to picking yourself up and dusting yourself off, right after love has kicked you down a flight of stairs. Buy this album, then move to "Annunciation". After that, you're on your own."