Rench

Rench | Life In Mean Season

Tracklist

Introduction
1. Theme From Mean Season
Chapter 1
2. At Risk
3. It Just Gets Worse From Here
4. Till I Gain Control Again
5. My Crown
6. All You Need To Know
7. Home By December
Chapter 2
8. Cash On The Barrelhead
9. Elmira
10. Dirty Bomb
11. All I Have To Offer You Is Me
12. Step In Stand Clear
13. Fancy
Chapter 3
14. Day By Day
15. Just Crazy
16. Come Back To Brooklyn
17. Dying Day
18. In Waiting
19. Despite You
Epilogue
20. Don’t Let Your Light Stop Shining

Life In Mean Season is a full (literally as much as a CD will hold) length CD of soulful, gritty, block-rockin’ honky-tonk like only Rench delivers. The tracks on this disc are comprised of thumping sampled beats covered by a smooth velvet layer of live bass, fiddle, acoustic and pedal steel guitar and topped with raw, mournful country styled singing. Imagine Gram Parsons produced by Dan The Automator, or Bobby Bare collaborating with Outkast. From the heart of Brooklyn, this collection may define the Brooklyn Twang sound like never before.

This is one of those CDs that you will keep finding more to appreciate each time you listen. It’s a rich portrait of the sad and beautiful world of America in the Bush years, with every thing from party bangers to heartbreaking epics.

“You’ll find yourself addicted to this moonshine swilling double-wide producer who perfectly coalesces two distinct genres for a sound all his own. Extremely unique and daring.”
-smother.net

“Life In Mean Season blends the rustic twang of fiddle, banjo, and weeping pedal steel with turntables to create a country meets hip-hop aesthetic. But this genre-hopping is not the cringe worthy white trash caricature of Kid Rock, the music and lyrics of Rench more closely match the depth and sincerity of the classic country outlaws.”
-muruch.blogspot.com

“Imagine Woody Guthrie with George W. to write songs about and you get the idea. Remember Gram Parsons at his best, add ten, and you’ve almost figured out how great this CD’s twenty tracks are.”
-indie-music.com

“Rench’s vision has a toehold on a racy, improbable hybrid.”
-NoDepression Magazine