Jack Chrome and the Darkness Waltz
2021
Ambition Records
Until about 2 weeks before this writing I had no idea that this project existed.
Russell and Rick have known each other for decades. Morris sent Rick a song. Rick sent one back. Next thing you know, they are collaborating on a bluesy, folksy, dark meditation on the Dias de Los Muertos.
It's moody and emotive. It would work in a David Lynch movie and I think I could hear Tom Waits covering this whole album.
4 out of 5
ASide: I Am Jack Chrome, Carmelita's Dance
BlindSide: Death Drives a Cadillac, We Are the Dead, La Calavera Catrina, The Darkness Waltz
