I am behind on this review, as the full-length is already out. But based on these few songs alone, I need to get the full length. The first track,“White Night, Black Light,” is a Doug Burr going to the next level, mixing in a Wovenhand-ish, Nick Cave-ish sensibility that is still all his own. Things…
Doug Burr returns with an EP of re-recorded versions of songs from his O, Ye Devastator album. The difference between these songs and the original ones are that these are stripped down numbers with interesting “version names” added on the end. On the 7-inch vinyl you get “A Black Wave Is Comin’ (Forest Fortress Version)”…
This is Doug Burr’s follow up to his acclaimed On Promenade album. O Ye Devastator is hands down simply a brilliant album. True to form for Burr, this is poetic melancholy at its finest. Burr’s voice is haunting, hitting the notes where the need to be hit and straining with emotion that drips through every…
The Shawl finds Doug Burr setting Biblical Psalms to music. Now, before you skip to the next review and write this off as some cheesy kid’s lullaby muzak or even some peppy youth group praise album that wants to make you all “happy in Jesus” – hold on a second. This is a serious attempt…