A novel idea.
Portland, Oregon four-piece release dramatic song-cycle for their
tenth studio album.
We're constantly
hearing about the death of the album as an art form, or about how
people's attention spans are somehow shorter due to the prevalence of
shuffle culture. Reassuring then to be presented with an album that
demands to be listened to from start to finish. For their tenth
studio album Richmond Fontaine have opted to make a song-novel. Part
love story, part mystery, part thriller, the tale is set among a
remote rural logging community in Oregon. The main characters are a
young woman trapped in a loveless marriage and dead-end job at an
auto-parts store, and a mechanic who returns to the area to look
after his ailing father. The pair fall in love and conspire to leave
and find a better lives for themselves. Nothing is ever going to be
so simple though as other characters enter the tale, including speed
addicted ex-army psychotic and a drug dealing bar owner.
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