Search - Lupine Howl :: Bar at the End of the World

Another record to go check out

alexander laurence | Los Angeles, CA | 04/23/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Sean Cook and Mike Mooney left the band Spiritualized in 1999 and formed their own in Lupine Howl. A few collaborations with Massive Attack and Portishead followed. Then they released a few singles and played some live shows. The response was great. Even Johnny Mattock from Spacemen 3 joined them on drums. They fused rock and roll and spacey funk music. They didn't know it, but they provided a blueprint for many bands to come like Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Much of Lupine Howl's psychedelic rock noodlings have gone out the window. There is a relaxed country folk feeling on this new record, especially on such songs as "Don't Lose Your Head." They have gone back to the basics of songwriting. The singer Sean Cook sounds much like the early Verve records. There is a lot of hope and self-destruction. Plus Ashcroft's obsessions with the cosmos and death. There are beautiful moments throughout. You need it more than you know."

I have been waiting for music like this...

Michael St.Clair | Baltimore, MD USA | 02/26/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Sean Cook and the rest of the ex-spiritualized boys have put together a great collection of songs here. This album is more mellow and consistent than last year's "Carnivorous Activities". I find the more explosive opening track a little out of place, but then the music settles into a nice groove the rest of the way. I have been waiting for music like this ever since Richard (Ashcroft) and Jason (Pierce) decided they were going to be self-indulgent musical messiahs. I noticed some of the musical brilliance absent from the last Spiritualized release (and tour) and now I know where it is. I won't try to describe the songs here, but this album deserves a listen by anyone who believes the Verve took a wrong turn following "A Storm in Heaven". The only reason I do not give this 5 stars is that I believe it will actually be the NEXT release (if we are lucky) that will reveal the true strength and brillance of a band that is only now finding it's groove. Lupine has done a great job of distancing themselves from their roots and they achieve this by superior musicianship and creative, solid songwriting. My only complaint is the slighty out of place opening track and the amateurish looking cover art."

ALBUM OF THE SHORT YEAR UNTIL RADIOHEAD'S NEW ONE.

shawn cassidy | 03/16/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"THIS ALBUM I PICKED UP WAS NOT WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. UNTIL I SAW IT AND I KNEW WHEN THESE GUYS WERE EX SPRIRTUALIZED I HAD TO PICK IT UP. THIS WAS NOT DISAPOINTING. EXCEPT THE FISRT TRACK WAS OFF THE WHOLE TEMPO OF THE ALBUM. THIS IS WELL WORTH BUYING"