Volunteer by Old Crow Medicine Show
  A$   58
  $   39

 


A$ 58 Sold For
Feb 12, 2023 Sold Date
Sep 16, 2019 Start Date
1 Number Of Bids
  USA Country Of Seller
eBay Sold at
 
save auction  

Description

Performer Notes:

  • Old Crow Medicine Show signed to Columbia in 2017 and immediately delivered a raucous full-length tribute to Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde to the label. It was an appropriate way to begin the relationship -- Old Crow had their breakthrough when they completed Dylan's half-written "Wagon Wheel" in 2004, so this felt like a debt being paid -- but it also was a low-key way to move to a major label. In contrast, Volunteer, released nearly a year to the day after 50 Years of Blonde on Blonde, is a splashy beginning to a new phase in the band's career. Teaming with producer Dave Cobb, the hottest producer in Nashville in 2018, Old Crow Medicine Show broaden their sonic palette without abandoning their devotion to old-timey string music. Cobb doesn't push Old Crow in any uncomfortable directions -- the twanging electric guitar that underpins "Dixie Avenue" amounts to nothing much more than a splash of color -- but he is able to harness the energy of their live show, which is no small accomplishment. That much is clear from "Flicker & Shine," a steamroller of a tune that sets the tone for Volunteer: it's vivid and immediate, benefiting from the group's years on the road. Travel is an undercurrent throughout Volunteer -- there are plenty of songs about touring and returning home after weeks away -- which plays into how the album feels like it's in constant motion as it swings from high-octane fiddle tunes to plaintive ballads. Nothing here is particularly outside the wheelhouse of Old Crow Medicine Show, but the songs are finely etched and the performances vivid, elements that separate Volunteer from its predecessors. Here, Old Crow Medicine Show feel focused and fully realized, as if they're just hitting their stride after two decades in the business. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Professional Reviews: Uncut - "With Dave Cobb's production reinforcing their boisterous dynamism, VOLUNTEER surveys the sacrifices Old Crow make for their music, the camaraderie of the bandmates and heroes at the expense of the stability of family and home."

Paste (magazine) - "[A]n album that projects its rustic references, all etched with nostalgia and songs that offer reasons for return to the pleasures of front porch existence."

Format: Vinyl (1 Disc)

Release Date: 20 April, 2018

Label: Sony Music Nashville

Dimensions: 31.5 x 0.8 x 31.4 centimeters (0.38 kg)


price rating