Chestnut Station


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In Your Living Room , 4/10
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Chestnut Station is the project of Rian Murphy, a veteran of the Chicago rock scene and co-author of Will Oldham's All Most Heaven (Drag City, 2000), who has assembled a supergroup including Rick Rizzo of Eleventh Dream Day on guitar, Mark Greenberg on keyboards, and occasional horns. Murphy started out in the late 1980s as the drummer in Mantis, a band inspired by British pub-rock, and launched Chestnut Station with the EP Chestnut Station (Drag City, 1998).

In Your Living Room (Drag City, 2001), the first full-length album, is entirely devoted to old-fashioned party music, mainly upbeat, driving rhythm and blues with horns and choirs, but also Band-style funky gospels and Stay-style slow swings. The rendition of covers is impeccable, but also a little pointless.

(Translation by/ Tradotto da Andrea Marengo)

Chestnut Station è il progetto di Ryan Murphy, un veterano della scena rock di Chicago e co-autore di All Most Eleven (Drag City, 2000) di Will Oldham, che radunò un supergruppo fra i cui membri presentava Rick Rizzo degli Eleventh Dream Day alla chitarra, Mark Greenberg alle tastiere e occasionalmente ai corni. Murphy esordì negli anni ottanta come batterista dei Mantis, un gruppo ispirato al pub-rock britannico, lanciando i Chestnut Station con l'EP Chestnut Station (Drag City, 1998).

In Your Living Room (Drag City, 2001), il primo album in studio, è totalmente devoto alla musica da festa vecchio stile, con ritmi trascinanti, blues con corni e cori, funky-gospel dei Band e swing lenti alla maniera di Stay. L'interpretazione delle cover è impeccabile, ma abbastanza inutile.

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