Whoa! Scott Walker murder ballads? Nick Cave bedroom pop? David Lynch trying to be Skip Spence? The ghost of Stagger Lee slumped drunk into the idea of Jandek? This is bent barbed-wire music shook off from an acoustic guitar and drums and delivered with the kind of aplomb generally summoned only before a frontier jury. Stately and creepy and droney and lonely with impressive abandoned-cabin production. File only next to records that display powerful self-confidence.

Tracklist:

1. The Black Lodge
2. Party Girl
3. The Fog
4. I Don't Want To Be Young Anymore
5. Ballad of a Lounge Act
6. Oneway
7. Trainwreck
8. Funny Games
9. The Other Side of Darkness
10. The Last Song