The Pretty Things was a great British rock band from the \u201860s that had an amazing career for several decades. Just last year, they played several farewell shows, so this album comes as a real surprise. As it turned out, the band was saying goodbye to tours and long performances.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
This release combines guitarist Dick Taylor and singer Phil May, along with several guest musicians. It\u2019s an acoustic blues record, and as the title suggests, the band really went back to the basics to rediscover what made them want to be musicians in the first place. So, it\u2019s a very laidback affair with all trademarks present from the two creators.<\/p>\n
Sadly, vocalist Phil May, passed away shortly after completing this recording, so this is his final opus. It\u2019s a very reflective record regardless of what events took place.\u00a0 The songs on this record are covers, some rearranged in very interesting and creative ways. There is sincerity running through these songs in how they are presented. The band was certainly going for a specific mood, and they definitely achieved that.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Tracks like \u201cAnother World,\u201d \u201cCome Into My Kitchen,\u201d or the closing \u201cI\u2019m Ready\u201d definitely create a cool blues club atmosphere.\u00a0 It\u2019s just pure heartbroken blues.\u00a0 Sheryl Crow\u2019s \u201cRedemption\u201d definitely stands out, presented here in a very apocalyptic mood, as if the impending doom was only minutes away. I absolutely love this version and all the life experience put into these words.<\/p>\n
Bare As A Bone, Bright As Blood<\/i> is not what I\u2019ve come to expect from an album by The Pretty Things, but it is an incredible surprise. That\u2019s what makes it so vital. It\u2019s a complete left turn but not a departure. It\u2019s definitely a gem and most likely a swansong considering the circumstances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":34196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[7303],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-46027","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-pretty-things","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46027"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=46027"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=46027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}