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What can be said about this album that hasn't been said and you have already heard? If you are at least remotely interested in country, Americana, folk music in 2011, you have most likely already read and heard of Josh T. Pearson and his album "Last of the Country Gentlemen". A simple yet soo complex you can't even delve into it album from a man creating a masterpiece. Dramatic? Yes. That is what this album is essentially. Its soo tortured, slow, hushed, hurt and haunting that you are left in turn feeling like it is dramatically beautiful and immense. Last [...]
It has been a few years since we had the ability to hear Lift to Experience, but they were a bright light at the beginning of the last decade. In the last few years, Pearson has been honing eir craft. 2011's Last of the Country Gentleman is eir first solo effort, but the keen edge [...]
E' una casa semplice ed essenziale, confortevole e calda. Aperta a tutti ad ogni ora. Le storie che ci vivono dentro hanno bisogno del momento perfetto e dello spazio necessario. Non c'è posto per tutti in queste intime preghiere a lume di candela. Flussi di parole che non hanno la pretesa di scegliere l'interlocutore, più probabile il percorso inverso, in cui il proprio sentire e la predisposizione all'ascolto faranno la strada. Così capita che la musica di Josh T. Pearson trascenda il concetto di canzone e vada oltre, schivando le melodie, fondendo in corpo unico [...]
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During South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin a few weeks ago, I ran into Josh T. Pearson's manager Peter Sasala at one of Pearson's many performances. We spoke briefly about all the rave re... Continue reading "How Pitchfork Missed The Mark In Its Take On Josh Pearson's Last Of The Country Gentlemen" >
Yup, breaking all the rules this month. I couldn't in good conscience not include Josh T. Pearson in my POTM post. You read the review , (no, not THAT review ...) you know how strongly I feel about this one, so just get it already. Whenever you're ready to emotionally recover from Last Of The Country Gentlemen , Mother Mother has your back. We wrote about the track "The Stand" way back in February, and I can say with confidence that months later it's still one of 20112s strongest. It's a rock song so danceable [...]
Thanks to the generosity of the good people at Mute Records, we are giving away three copies of Josh T. Pearson's new album, Last Of The Country Gentlemen on CD. You can read my review of it here . Spoiler alert: it's amazing. Here's what you have to do to enter: follow Bears Eat Beats on Twitter or become a fan of us on Facebook. Then, either @ reply us or comment on our status and tell us the saddest lyric you've ever heard in a song. [...]
I come from a long line in history of dreamers Each one more tired than the one before Are you sitting down? Good. Take some deep breaths. Relax. Get comfortable.You are about to listen to Josh T. Pearson's Last Of The Country Gentlemen. There are certain conditions that need to be met. You need to be prepared. Maybe you're not ready to hear this; maybe you've got too much on your mind as it is. Bills need to be paid, work's got [...]
It has been a decade since the release of Lift To Experience's The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads. Fast forward to 2011. At seven songs in sixty minutes, the long awaited solo debut of Lift's Josh T. Pearson is a welcome dark and desolate take on contemporary folk music entitled Last Of The Country Gentlemen. A song-cycle penned [...]
Reviewing this album is going to be a little tricky (yes, I know, I always say that). Because Matt from Stay Loose, who are doing the UK PR for the album, knew I would like this album he got it to me really quickly, so I first heard it before any of the swathes upon swathes of messianically-toned reviews were published. This is a bloody good thing, because after all the fawning press, I think I might have found it hard not to be deliberately contrarian, had I not already known it was a stunning album. It is [...]
Josh T Pearson - Last of the Country Gentlemen 10/10 I have spent the best part of two months coming to grips with this album! If there is one thing that can be said for sure, it's not an easy listen. At times I wondered if it was even right for me to be listening to something so deeply personal. To say that he lays his soul bare is quite possibly the understatement of the year. Ten years have passed since Pearson [...]
'Last Of The Country Gentlemen', the much anticipated debut solo album from Josh T. Pearson, is a collection of personal, powerful and painful songs drawn from the lessons of what Pearson describes... Download your favourite album at The Mood Indicator
Woe is Josh T. Pearson . I feel for the woman that has to deal with the undoubtedly catastrophic guilt of turning Pearson into this, the very definition of heartbreak. Josh T Pearson - Last Of The Country Gentlemen Before we get into all of that though, there's the matter of Pearson's oft-touted back-story. Pearson once fronted Bella Union signed outfit Lift To Experience, who released only one album (2001's monumental The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads ), but one that was met [...]
Look at the man in that picture up there. Really get up close and study it. Is that what a man in love looks like? Unkempt beard, ragged, flowing hair, bowing down almost in supplication, desperately holding some young girl in a black hat (his, most likely) and tassled leather waistcoat, with just the slightest hint of tit poking out, uninterested in anything but the camera - or whoever is watching. This is a snapshot of a man on the brink. Last of the Country Gentlemen is not easy listening. It's music best appreciated with a [...]
Having already briefly tested the murky waters of success, Josh T Pearson has since existed quietly on the very periphery of the music radar for the best part of the last decade. Following the break-up of his band Lift to Experience, whose sole release was the critically acclaimed 2001 album 'The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads', Pearson has modestly flirted with the idea of a comeback. And after gathering his thoughts for almost ten years, the Texan recounts deeply personal tales of love and misplaced expectations in the form of solo project, 'Last of the Country Gentlemen'. The inner [...]
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DOWNLOAD: Josh T. Pearson - Woman, When I've Raised Hell (WAV) "The hubbub from upstairs regularly intrudes through swinging doors on an intimacy that requires leaning in, to hear Pearson's murmurs. Lift to Experience's thunder has been replaced by a man who stares straight ahead, fingers strumming his acoustic guitar in slow motion, his thumb barely grazing a string. Though his short set includes fearsome country songs about the infidelity and break-up torturing him on his new record, he doesn't let their oppressive mood capture us. Even "Country Dumb", epic [...]
Label: Mute Release date: 14/03/11 Link: Myspace Buy/MP3: Amazon / 'Woman When I've Raised Hell (Alternative Version)' The fact that Josh T. Pearson has not actually managed to put out an album since The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads (ten years ago with his ill-fated band Lift to Experience) is so monumentally ridiculous that I personally had forgotten this was the case. As Last of the Country Gentlemen played on, my [...]
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