Recorded in the Californian desert (at Queens of the Stone Age’s studio), Garden of Ashes is as much a celebration of the many tones and textures a tasteful player can extract from an electric guitar (Days Gone Old), as it is an exercise in restraint.
Garwood clearly prefers to drop his lyrics into wide spaces than have them lost in too much clutter. A good thing, too, as it allows his words to bloom, scatter and settle amid the ashes of humanity he so often ponders.
Duke Garwood
Garden of Ashes
Heavenly
Three and a-half stars (out of five)
Single download: Blue
For those who like: Nick Cave, Jeff Buckley
- Shane Gilchrist
