Blast of Silence (1986) ...
Named after low budget, NY noir, cult movie, Golden Palominos' third album, featuring Syd Straw...I've Been The One (Lowell George cover) Sung by Syd Straw, introduced by Dennis Hopper ...
(Kind of) True ...
With Blast of Silence the group that began as an outlet for drummer Anton Fier and his friends in the New York avant-garde scene (Arto Lindsay, Fred Frith, etc.) unexpectedly veers off into country-rock and folk, of all places. But with Fier's reputation, listeners should realize from the start this is not country-rock in the New Riders of the Purple Sage fashion. Rather, Fier and company, which includes singers Syd Straw and Mathew Sweet, organist Bernie Worrell, and guitarists T-Bone Burnett and Don Dixon, experiment with confidence on songs like Lowell George's "I've Been the One," adding raga percussion to the C&W ballad. The rest of the album is filled with such musical daring and is a worthy addition for fans of both Palominos and the avant garde scene alike... Steve Kurutz ...
(Something Else Is) Working Harder ...vocals Jack Bruce...
'A little older, a little more confused ...'
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