Jesus and the Argonauts
Oct 1, 2009 at 12:25 PM By: Django Gold
Rating: 6/11
“After Jason's horrific but liberating death,” reads the band biography, “the Argonauts spent years in search of a vocalist.” So began the musical trials and tribulations of Jesus and the Argonauts, an alt-country act whose religious/mythological obsession ends with its name, and perhaps some of its fliers.
What remains is the music itself: smooth folk-pop with the barest hint of Nashville twang. Attendant are the many woodsy voices we’ve come to enjoy from the forest glen: acoustic thumps; airy vocal harmonies; and a minimalist approach to percussion. When it works, as it does in the case of “You’re the Man Who Broke My Heart,” a hooky duet that could have come straight from the Bonnie Raitt catalogue, it’s marvelous. When it doesn’t, it feels forced, as if the band isn’t quite sure how to present itself. Take “All the Switches,” for example, a dirge-like slow rocker that simply comes off as confusing when compared to the delicate mandolin-plucked landscape set by “Whiskey and Wind.” As is the case with most bands, specialization is vital, and Jesus and the Argonauts work best when they’re stepping in time with the gentle gait that is at the core of their sound.
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