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GRAM2209

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Limited edition

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2022-09-16

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Dead Cat In A Bag

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Folk

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Gusstaff Records

Gusstaff Records is a small and independent electronic post-everything label based in Poland. With a passion for music, Gusstaff Records not only releases albums but also operates as an online shop for music enthusiasts.

As a label, Gusstaff Records prides itself on supporting emerging artists and showcasing their unique talents. The label's diverse roster includes *artists* who push the boundaries of electronic music, creating innovative sounds that captivate listeners.

With a commitment to quality and artistic integrity, Gusstaff Records has gained recognition in the music industry. Their dedication to promoting underground talent has made them a go-to destination for fans seeking fresh and unconventional musical experiences.

"Do you know it? Ennio Morricone, Nick Cave, Mark Lanegan, Tom Waits and Zach Condon walk into the bar, and there are all the seats occupied by the Dead Cat In A Bag musicians. Really." - this is how Jarek Szubrycht started the review of the last album of the Italian group Dead Cat In Bag in Gazeta Wyborcza. And he was right. Really. 
Yes! Dead Cat In A Bag is back! They are back with a new album "We've Been Through". 
 
After exploring several so called Neo-Folk regions, flirting with Folk Noir,  mostly with Traditional Folk in a modern perspective, for example Americana to Tex-Mex and Balkan Music to Alternative Country, on this third record the ensemble drifts to a cinematic landscape, focusing on the theme of overcoming. 
 
We've Been Through puts together World Music elements incorporating an almost soundtrack experience for a journey into both Day and Night, Hope and Disillusionment and telling stories of broken romances and shipwrecks. 
 
Utilizing banjo and theatrical vocal delivery, together with with classic and odd instruments, the band remap the original charts but still set sail the desired destinations. And if, about the previous records, critics were prone to recall the prowess of Waits, Cave, Lanegan, Cash and Tindersticks, this time it will be harder to name the grandfathers. 
Now there is a Morricone (or was it Badalamenti?) guiding spirit and a dreamlike universe full of memories, from the dry electric blues of a stream of consciousness duet in Duet For Nothing to the unexpected crooning vocals provided by Liam McKahey (CousetauX) in Lost Friends (a banjo droven dirge dealing with electronics and a bassoon, with steal percussions and a music saw for a frame), from the rendition of the traditional Wayfaring Stranger, balancing between electric guitars and Bluegrass, to the intimate cover of Leonard Cohen's Hunter's Lullaby, from the rock-(swamp)blues of The Cat Is Dead (enriched by Italian bass hero Gianni Maroccolo, from Litfiba and C.S.I.) to the soft meloncholy of the string quartet in Between Day And Night, from the dark cabaret of Fiddler, The Ship Is Sinking to the soft porch song, between Willard Grant Conspiracy and Kris Kristofferson, of the final title track. 
You can hear a shrawn and a blues harp, whispers and choirs, love and dudgeon as the record goes. This is the sound of an orchestra playing on a sinking ship: what else could a fiddler do? And what can we do, in the end?

We've Been Through

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Discover We've Been Through by Dead Cat In A Bag. This cinematic album from Gusstaff Records takes you on a journey of hope and disillusionment, with World Music elements and a dreamlike universe.