One of the main reasons I even popped this CD into my player was because I was watching Good Omens (Season 2) and there is a scene in the Resurrectionist pub, and I was wondering if these guys had anything to do with that. Turns out hey don't, but I thought from the title, they might be gothic folk rock, or something of the sort. There seems to be a vague inclination in that direction, but more on that later. These Resurrectionists are a Milwaukee, WI band consisting of Joe Cannon - Guitar, Banjo, Vocal; Jeff Brueggeman - Bass; Josh Barto - Drums; Gian Pogliano - Tambourine, 12 String & Ghost Guitars, Mellotron. They've been compared to Yo La Tengo, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and the Mekons, but not by me.

The first thing I don't get about this album is the cover - a grandfather clock standing alone in the middle of a field. What's up with that? I do not see any connection with the music at all. Perhaps they just thought it looked cool. (On the inside cover the grandfather clock has been moved to somebody's back porch.) The music is pretty rootsy, and for the most part, rather unexceptional. Joe Cannon's vocals are kind of a cross between Pere Ubu's David Thomas, and another Dave - Van Ronk, the deceased '60s folkie. The tone of the album is somewhat down in mood, the closest correlation to goth, but I doubt that these guys would want to be associated with any goth music whatsoever.

The album has a few good moments, and some interesting song titles, such as "A Classic Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," "Hobnobbing with High Value Targets," and "Hotel With Pool," but interesting song titles does not an interesting album make. This album will do much better in the unusual root music category than it will among Chain D.L.K. readers. Not a bad album, just one we're not much interested in.