Mansion Songs

Ethan Miller claims *Mansion Songs* is the first in a planned trilogy, of a concept that takes him from rock bottom back to creation. The eight songs here ache with the bluesy-soulful wail inspired by early Black Crowes and the late-‘60s/early-\'70s Rolling Stones. These barroom blues, brought to life with acoustic guitars, electric slide guitars, loose harmony vocals, and Meg Baird’s behind-the-beat drumming and vocal harmonies, are gorgeous and desperate; they wail on “Meet Me in the Wheat” and are tender for “Coliseum.” Miller’s heroes are broad. “Ceiling Fan” sings of Werner Herzog, Philip Larkin, and Pablo Neruda, among the saints.

Howlin Rain's fourth studio album in ten years marks a departure from the bombastic prog-tinged arena rock of the Russian Wilds and Live Rain. In it's raw performances and melancholy tone, 'Mansion Songs' burrows into the subterranean world on a literary journey into the beautiful dreams and twilight nightmares of the broken hearted. © Howlin Rain. All rights reserved. For more information on Silver Current Records, please visit us at www.silvercurrentrecords.com.