Song of the Week: “Poor House” - the Burning Brides
Saw these guys last year opening for Fu Manchu. I love a lot of their songs, but this one rises above the rest. The bass and guitar are elemental, archetypical rock n’ roll, which I’m always a sucker for. That alone merits the song four stars. It gets up to five stars because of the vocals. Everything about the vox is awesome in this song: lyrics, melody, harmony, tone. For most of the time, the vocals are really restrained, repeating the same simple melody. But just at the right time, they add a lower harmony vocal part. Then there’s a bridge that melodically recalls Blue Oyster Cult. No, really. So how can I not give that five stars? The lyrics, too, are channeling BOC: “the four winds blow over my shoulder / a dark sky will carry me over / everything below will turn to fire / all of mother nature will burn.” Damn. There’s even a demonic laugh in the background right before the obligatory guitar solo.
“I want to live in a burned out basement / live in a basement when I die.” They make that sound pretty good, actually.
It looks like you can download the mp3 here: http://ligamusic.com/Lyrics/4941002/Burning_Brides/Hang_Love/Poor_House/mp3/
