Dommengang - No Keys - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

On No Keys, Dommengang maintain the classic rock aesthetics and abandon of previous releases with a darker edge colored by personal losses. For guitarist Dan InchSigInch Wilson, bassist Brian Markham, and drummer Adam Bulgasem, making music together became a therapeutic communion. No Keys captures the energy of that through dynamic blues-inflected rock while their lyrics grapple with anxieties both personal and global.No Keys was recorded with guitarist and engineer Tim Green (Joanna Newsom, Howlin' Rain, Sleepy Sun, Fresh and Onlys, Golden Void) who also contributed guitar to track InchBlues Rot.Inch. The album's emotional layers are mirrored in it's robust production. Dommengang recorded live with minimal overdubs, preferring to experiment further with effects and instrumentation in the mixing stages in order to maintain the record's spontaneous force. Skittering reverb and echoes lends Sig's guitar solos a cosmic quality, while rippling distortion add depth and weight to Markham and Bulgasem's hypnotic grooves. Guest vocals from Camilla Saufly-Mitchell (Golden Void) on InchJerusalem CricketInch add a perfect counterpoint to Markham's cries of InchNo keys,Inch while Adam Parks of Timber Rattle added buzzing organ overtones to album closer InchHappy Death (Her Blues II)Inch. Dommengang's No Keys harnesses music's primeval power to provide respite and . Moving fluidly from muscular riffing to scorched-earth dirge to sweeping ballads, the album is a potent soundtrack to a personal journey of healing - or to your next road trip.1. Sunny Day Flooding2. Earth Blues3. Wild Wash4. Stir The Sea5. Blues Rot6. Kudzu7. Arcularius - Burke8. Jerusalem Cricket9. Happy Death (Her Blues II)