Down There Records
2006
...Tick...Tick...Tick
About This Album
Songwriter Steve Wynn, the former Dream Syndicate frontman, has been on a tear since 1996 when he offered Melting in the Dark. Since then, his records have featured howling, wailing rock & roll and deep, dark acoustic reflections -- all of them bearing his trademark noir-ish lyrics that offer the shadowy side of life, love, and violence. He's employed a variety of musicians, and they've always sounded like hired guns. On ...Tick...Tick...Tick he's got himself a real band. They're all younger than he is, and they have the hunger it takes to really execute Wynn's unique songs. Start with drummer Linda Pitmon, who acts as co-producer (along with Wynn and Craig Schumacher) on these sides. Add to this the fact that the entire band (including Dave DeCastro on bass and guitarist Jason Victor) plots the arrangements. Wynn's willful loss of total control has benefited him in spades. The set jumps out of the gate howling with "Wired," where it sounds as if Wynn is singing through a megaphone. It's followed by the creepy rocker "Cindy, It Was Always You," co-written with über hard-boiled crime fiction novelist George Pelecanos. On "Killing Me," Wynn employs Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love?" guitar riff and mutates it into something utterly unhinged.
Track List (try tracks 2,4,6,8 and 10)

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