Tom Heyman...Deliver Me(2005)[FLAC]

01. Alright (2:28)
02. Monkey Out Of Me (3:11)
03. Deliver Me (4:39)
04. Bottles (3:35)
05. Crazy Ray (2:54)
06. Milk Cow Blues (2:48)
07. Black Mollies (4:40)
08. Fat City (2:57)
09. Fool For You (3:46)
10. Slip Away (2:24)
11. Haunted (4:11)
12. You Got What You Wanted (2:55)
13. Listen To The Rain

Over the course of his career, Tom Heyman has been a member of Map of Wyoming, Go to Blazes, and The Court and Spark, and he has performed as a sideman with the likes of Alejandro Escovedo and John Vanderslice. So, if itΓÇÖs taken five years for him to record Deliver Me, the follow-up to his solo debut Boarding House Rules, he is to be forgiven. His latest endeavor significantly refines his talent as a songwriter, and he calls in favors from a slew of friends and associates ΓÇö including Chuck Prophet, American Music ClubΓÇÖs Mark Eitzel, and WilcoΓÇÖs John Stirratt ΓÇö for help in sculpting the outing. Nevertheless, their contributions are minimal, and itΓÇÖs Heyman himself who deserves all of the credit for concocting the heady brew of soul-infused, roots-oriented rock that surrounds his gritty tales. Scattered throughout the album are hints of hope, most notably on the tracks that bookend the set ΓÇö the sunny-day shuffle Alright and the gentle contentment of Listen to the Rain. For the most part, however, Heyman is most satisfied when he is exploring the darker corners of his world of lost souls. On Monkey Out of Me, he embeds the punch-drunk heartache of his lyrics within a foreboding atmosphere of ΓÇÖ60s-tinged, barroom blues that is reminiscent of Tom Waits, and on Bottles he somberly paints a reflective portrait of an alcohol-soaked afternoon. Elsewhere, he adds purpose to his otherwise perfunctory cover of Milk Cow Blues by prominently featuring its title in the chorus of Crazy RayΓÇÖs Tom Petty-derived folk. Granted, Deliver Me isnΓÇÖt likely to cause anyone to reexamine the history of rock, folk, or blues, but it is an affecting ode to loveΓÇÖs power to destroy as well as to save.

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