Fred Eaglesmith - Tinderbox
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Artist: Fred EaglesmithEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-08-12
Music Label: Lonesome Day
Soundtracks:
- Sweet Corn
- Chain Gang
- Shoulder to the Plow
- Quietly
- Tinderbox
- Killing Me
- Worked Up Field
- I Pray Now
- You Can't Trust Them
- Get on Your Knees
- Fancy God
- Wheels
- Killing Me II
- Stand
- Reprise
- The Light Brigade
- Shoeshine
- When
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Music Review: Salvation Raining Down
Rating: 4 Stars
Fred Eaglesmith is one of a handful of artists whose latest releases are always a priority for me to hear. Larry Towell's stunning photography of a Mennonite congregation at prayer lends a sense of gravity to the package, showing in an image tales of suffering, faith and hard work. "Tinderbox" next to Balin is probably Fred's most unified album. It has a number of reasons for Fred-heads to cheer.
"Chain Gang" is a catchy track with a pumping organ part as Fred sings, "I'm on the chain gang of love." Mary Gauthier co-wrote "Shoulder to the Plow" on an old-timey number. The title track sizzles like a Tony Joe White track from One Hot July, "The church is like a tinderbox, the preacher's got a match; Salvation is raining down & falling down the cracks; The choir master revved em up & washed em white as snow; Somebody's crying in the very back row." On "Worked Up Field" Fred overlays a woman's spoken dialogue against a churning melody about waiting for a train. "I Pray Now" has a dissonant arrangement on an interesting song with a repetitive chorus. "You Can't Trust Them" churns like a workingman's eyelids watching the clock until quitting time, "Their souls are lost; They keep taking Jesus back off of the cross; Lightning won't strike em & the cops won't bust em." "Get On Your Knees" burns with classic Eaglesmith intensity, "I got a little pistol; I keep it hid, That snake don't listen, I'll shoot him dead; His name is Satan, he's the devil himself, I found him down in the water well." "Wheels" bounces like trudging through a storm with snow so cold it burns the face. The music finally lightens on "Stand" as if finally receiving salvation. "The Light Brigade" starkly speaks of soldiers who give their best & come home damaged, "We trampled over the wheat & the maize; And they wrapped our wounds in grease & rags." "Shoeshine" relates a backwoods of a tale of murder, "Wind in the willows & the rattling of the wires, clicking of the hammer & something's on fire; Figures in the field & the world's gone quiet; They won't ever take me alive." The set concludes with the simple lyric, "If not now, when?" Fred Eaglesmith has fashioned a deep and moving song cycle that traces faith and the hardships through which people walk. "Tinderbox" is not an easy album, but it is rewarding. The music, the lyrics and Fred's world-weary vocals are a moving testament. Enjoy!
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