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What we say
 This record left our BRIAN D feeling happy.
Dave Cloud is that odd man who won our SOTW the other day. Various Production love him so much they've done some of their stunning art for his new album 'Pleasure Before Business' which sounds like the entire 60's rolled into one. And a whole load of 70s too. He's a bit crazy Arthur Brown, a little Lou reed, a tinge of Iggy Pop, a chunk of Beefheart.....and this album is gibbering, shabby, meandering, hilarious, bizarre psychedelic rock & trashed R'n'B. He's obsessed with booze, drugs, women and dirgy rock. His lyrics are mentalist ramblings from (arguably) the wrongest head ever from the Nashville music biz. He's been doing this for 20+ years apparently but only now is he getting recognised for his wonky, warped outsiderdom. Check out his cover of Mike Curbs 'Mary Jane', enough to make you hesitate before stoking up the ol' green pipe in any great hurry. Unless you're mad. Like us. Best release on Fire since The Close Lobsters. CD only.
What the label says:
“the last genuine lost genius” Sunday Times
Following the sprawling collection of the Nashville legend's debut for Fire, 'Napolean of Temperance' (Uncut top 30 of 2006), Dave Cloud returns with a shorter but equally warped statement of intent: 'Pleasure Before Business'. Again featuring the talents of the Gospel of Power, a collective of Nashville's finest garage fans and rock and rollers (including members of Lambchop), Dave and co. let rip with more "transcendental psychedelic primitivism" (Sunday Times!) ranging from disturbed innocence in covers ('Yummy Yummy Yummy') to slinky perversion ('Orgy').
Dave Cloud has been doing his own thing on the Nashville scene for over 25 years, confusing some, scaring others and exciting all along the way. Often invoking words like ‘shamanistic’, ‘beat’ and ‘maverick’, even the Sunday Times described his debut album in a glowing 4/5 review as the “last genuine lost genius” who achieves a “transcendental psychedelic primitivism”. His totally unique warped vocals and freestyle lyrics also get him comparisons to Roky Erikson, Beefheart and Charles Bukowski.
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