{"id":15802,"date":"2021-06-20T05:00:02","date_gmt":"2021-06-20T05:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=15802"},"modified":"2021-06-17T09:29:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T09:29:59","slug":"mudfoot-barker-murky-self-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=15802","title":{"rendered":"Mudfoot Barker – ‘Murky’ (Self Release)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Former front man of Minneapolis boneshakers The Rockford Mules is back with his first full solo album since 2012\u2019s \u2018The Ballad of a Winter Beard\u2019. Following the Mules\u2019 final record in 2010, \u2018Ma, They Broke Me\u2019, Erik Tasa\u2019s solo record was a far mellower and introspective offering, employing acoustic melodies and haunting vocals to create a powerful and atmospheric 7 songs in just over 20 minutes. For the new album \u2018Murky\u2019, the folk balladeer has happily returned to this formula, this time under the name Mudfoot Barker.<\/p>\n

For those who have been waiting a long 9 years for a follow up, \u2018Murky\u2019 is in fact reminiscent of the its predecessor in many ways \u2013 beautifully crafted, melodious and mysterious. The sheer beauty of the title track opens up yet another collection of late-night, whiskey-sipping acoustic folk. It\u2019s a sound so descriptive you can almost see it \u2013 delicate tones warmly blending into one another, a voice full of warmth, stories of time gone by; all helped on by the atmospheric production of another ex-Mules man, Ryan Rud.<\/p>\n

From the magic of \u2018Whiskey Witching Hour\u2019 to the tingling charm of \u2018Between the Ditches\u2019, the chorus of \u2018My June\u2019 to the lonely road song of \u2018Long Setting Low\u2019, \u2018Murky\u2019 is an album that illustrates a myriad of portraits within a desperately short 7 songs. While acting as something like a follow up to \u2018The Ballad of Winter Beard\u2019, it\u2019s certainly not a conclusion. I just hope we don\u2019t have to wait for another 9 years to get one.<\/p>\n

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Author: Craggy Collyde<\/p>\n

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Former front man of Minneapolis boneshakers The Rockford Mules is back with his first full solo album since 2012\u2019s \u2018The Ballad of a Winter Beard\u2019. Following the Mules\u2019 final record in 2010, \u2018Ma, They Broke Me\u2019, Erik Tasa\u2019s solo record was a far mellower and introspective offering, employing acoustic melodies and haunting vocals to create […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[3106,6796],"class_list":["post-15802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-craggy-collyde","tag-mudfoot-barker","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15802"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15821,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15802\/revisions\/15821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}