Resolutions – by Dave Hause
One of my favorite albums of 2011 so far, has been Dave Hause’s Resolutions. It was already published in January. I bought it in April when the dates of Chuck Ragan’s Revival Tour in Europe were announced and it was clear that besides Chuck Ragan himself, Dan Andriano and Brian Fallon there would be a guy called Dave Hause joining. Until that point I had never heard anything from him and I decided to change that right away.
Due to the fact that Resolutions (if you want to order it via Amazon in Germany) costs more than 20 Euros, I went for the I-Tunes download option this time (which means I still do not have a hardcopy version and I’m really hoping he’s going to sell them during Revival Tour).
The album more or less blew me away. Dave Hause is an awesome songwriter and the songs on that album are perfectly arranged. Most of the songs are totally different. There are quite slow and calm ones and there are up-tempo songs that make the feet automatically start to whip in the rhythm.
The song “Rankers & Rotters” reminds me of a Foo Fighters song while others like “Time will tell” can not be compared with anything else. It starts quite slow and calm and at the end it’s an up-tempo song with that just keeps you wanting more, which makes the song the perfect opener for the album.
Whoever is going to see the Revival Tour in Europe this autumn should definitely give that album a try beforehand. It’s awesome and Dave deserves our sing-a-long during the tour (I know that can as well be regarded as torture sometimes) and his songs are easily sticking in mind.
For sneak listening I suggest:
-Time will tell
-Pray for Tuscon
-C’mon Kid
-Heavy Heart
-Rankers & Rotters
Which is already half of the album … but I can’t help, this would be my top 5 of this album!
As for the Revival Tour, all 4 have outcoming albums in 2011. Dave & Dan have been published already and Chuck & Brian (w. Horrible Crowes) are due for September. So far, with pre-listening some of those upcoming songs, I can already tell that the Revival Tour will be my personal highlight of the year!
