Paul McMahon: Hymn to Her (CD on Paul McMahon)

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Title: Hymn to Her

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Band:Paul McMahon
Title:Hymn to Her
Reviewed By:Maarten Schiethart
Date Published:02/05/2015

Label:Paul McMahon
Format:CD
Release Year:2015
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With a thoroughly intriguing eponymous album on the Neutral label from NYC when Glenn Branca and Sonic Youth were just about to attract a bit of attention, Paul McMahon's debut dates back to 1986. His phlegmatic wit failed to hit the right chord with the minutely shrunken masses in the aftermath of the No New York noise mayhem. "Turtles travel slowly/It's not their fault/ It's asphalt," he sang on 'Turtles Travel Slowly on Asphalt' on that album.
McMahon's ironic vaudeville twang though lasts until this very day. His highly volatile political comment and romanticism may be typical of liberal New England, yet his sense of humour and melody still sounds refreshingly juvenile. Paul's howling vocals at times sounds like burly burping.

McMahon's zany blues vocals range from soulful crooning to sarcastic existentialism, just as he prefers to make a small mockery of the brawling Americana which he is, however, evidently very fond of. His vocal extravagance occasionally leads the listener into believing he'll start yodelling next. Very wise and ironic comments set aside, Paul McMahon pulls off an excellent tongue twister as if for a small moment he were Chubby Checker. In mentioning next Dolly Parton, he gives away the affection he feels for country music. 'Hymn to Her' sums up small town Americana of the kind extremely unpopular with big time companies today. And as per usual, big time companies have got it ever so wrong.

Track Listing:

01) Only Love (Is)
02) Beat the Bushes
03) Hanuman and Anjani
04) Birdcage for My Heart
05) When You Know You Know
06) Liza Jane
07) Milk Me Mama
08) Big Black Plume of Oil
09) We're All Angels
10) You're My Guts
11) Gan Ganapataye Namo Namah

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