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Puerto Muerto | Your Bloated Corpse Has Washed Ashore

CD, self-released/Actiondriver

Tekst: Alex Tobin

Publicatiedatum: 10 januari 2001

Any band that is named after an imaginary bar in one of the members' minds is something of a curiosity. Puerto Muerto - the mindfully creative Tim Kelly along with Christa Meyer - are indeed a curiosity, but luckily for them - and undoubtedly so for us, the listener - that uniqueness doesn't stop there. To put it simply: 'Your Bloated Corpse Has Washed Ashore' is one of the best debut albums you'll hear. Ever.
Spread out splendidly over 19 tracks, Puerto Muerto provide us with a soundtrack of homespun, yet epic proportions. From opener 'Silver Shoes' (sung entirely in German) via feisty 'Jean Lafitte', the despairing 'San Pedro', and the stunningly beautiful harmonies of 'Hetta', the duo's music and tales are full of wonderful and colourful vignettes...
This is the sound of poetry, of sanguine soliloquies, of bodegas, bravado, and bullfighters, mixed up with echoes of the Spanish Civil War, secret French confidantes, and unbridled, pure romanticism. Thousands of images are conjured up in longing imagination, and this debut has so much swagger and overall ability it's frightening. Kelly and Meyer - recently relocated to Chicago - even have thrown in a cover of 'Sorrow' (best known for being included on David Bowie's 1973 covers album 'Pin Ups'), and it's an almost unbelievable realization that 'Your Bloated Corpse Has Washed Ashore' has hitherto only been available via the band themselves (Luckily, West Virginian label Actiondriver will soon rectify this travesty.). Sheer, utter brilliance.

http://www.kindamuzik.net/recensie/puerto-muerto/your-bloated-corpse-has-washed-ashore/85/
Meer Puerto Muerto op KindaMuzik: http://www.kindamuzik.net/artiest/puerto-muerto