antiMusic.com: Soulsavers - It's Not How Far You Fall, It's The Way You Land Review

Soulsavers - It's Not How Far You Fall, It's The Way You Land Review

by Patrick Muldowney

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It's Not How Far You Fall... is a stark reminder of how mysterious the world was prior to the influences of technology and Rock music. Playing as masterfully as the HBO's first season of Carnivale, Soulsavers is soulful, sinful, spiritual, and mystical. The tracks are full of shadows (not easy to analyze) even for those who seek to unveil the ghosts lurking beyond the fa�ade.

Soulsavers could not have picked a more perfect companion for its project than Mark Lanegan. From the other side of the coin, Lanegan is duly blessed. He has always been worthy of praise and has consistently received it for his past endeavors, but It's Not How Far You Fall� puts him in the same breadth as enigmatic figures like Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave and Tom Waits, artists whose work seems to gain life rather than pass with time.

This project, which found music from England merging with lyrics in California, does not have that sense of disconnect that even our new, flat world can't always resolve. The reclusive recording on Lanegan's part may have even helped bring forth his rugged, lonesome individualism in a way previously unheard. A cathartic nature is especially apparent on "Revival" and "Spiritual", where the existence of a single existential line becomes the basis for each hymn.

It's Not How Far You Fall� was a last second cut when I attempted to assemble the top albums of 2007. This is such a fantastic piece of art though, I already feel haunted by that decision.

Tracks added to iPod: Revival, Ghosts of You and Me, Paper Money, Spiritual, Kingdom of Rain, Jesus of Nothing

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Soulsavers - It's Not How Far You Fall, It's The Way You Land
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