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The Gospel Of Rust (2010)
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01. Gotta Get Right 02. Big Black Sleep 03. Rusty Blade 04. Cool Your Guns 05. This World (Already Over) 06. The Sharpshooter 07. Golgotha Drone 08. Lake Of Fire 09. Let The Wind Know 10. I Am The Rust 11. ::Lost Transmissions:: 12. Weeds Grow Around |
For ‘The Gospel Of Rust,’ the band once again teamed up with producer Brad Zeffren (Star Anna & The Laughing Dogs, Kristen Ward, Hurricane Chaser), who also recorded and mixed the album at Two Stick Audio, Crackle & Pop, and Electrokitty. The diverse, technicolor wasteland hinted at on their debut EP, ‘The Chroma Session,’ comes to explosive fruition here, so full of shades and moods that the album clips along like an apocalyptic mix tape.
In the lost gospel according to Nathan Wade & The Dark Pioneers, Cormac McCarthy, Mad Max, and Led Zeppelin scarcely make for strange bedfellows, and their hymns are filled to the treacherous brim with lacerating blues pounders like “Lake Of Fire” and “I Am The Rust”; the cinematic country-noir of “This World (Already Over)” and “Weeds Grow Around”; and driving, doomsday rockers like “Gotta Get Right” and “Golgotha Drone.” If Armageddon requires a soundtrack such as this, we’re in for one hell of a finale.
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The Chroma Session EP (2008)
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01. Sweat Through (2008) 02. Cold, Cold Hands 03. Skoal Bandits (2008) 04. All You Shadows | mp3 05. Long Black Lilies (2008) 06. Dead Leaves (2008) | mp3 |
The official debut of The Dark Pioneers. Recorded, produced, and mixed by Bradley Zeffren (North Twin, Jeff Fielder, Kristen Ward) at Chroma Sound Studio in Seattle, The Chroma Session EP features guest Pioneers Lincoln Barr (Red Jacket Mine) on electric guitar and Michael Spaly (Creeping Time, The Harborrats) on violin. Reinventing songs from The Dead Leaves Sing was a way to bridge the gap between the acoustic field recordings of Nathan’s past and the heavier, electric sounds in the Dark Pioneers’ future. The two new songs (”Cold, Cold Hands” and “All You Shadows”) are in full apocalyptic mode and hint at a full length album on the horizon.
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The Dead Leaves Sing (2006)
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01. Dead Leaves 02. Season For The Crows 03. Seen The Glory 04. The Reaper’s Son | mp3 05. Suicidal Revival 06. Sweat Through | mp3 07. The Final Blow | mp3 08. Long Black Lilies 09. Skoal Bandits 10. Dry Up Like A Dream | mp3 11. Goin’ Over |
Nathan Wade’s debut album is full of Alan Lomax-inspired acoustic field recordings, captured entirely live on Bainbridge Island, Washington in the dead of winter. Half the tracks feature Seattle band Creeping Time accompanying Nathan in a 19th Century schoolhouse. Engineered and mixed by Eddie J. Williams, these 11 tracks are steeped in early blues and folk music with modern touches inspired by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and the late Chris Whitley.
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