Artist: Dave Hause
Album: “Bury Me In Philly”
Label: Rise Records
Format Reviewed: Digital Advance
Lyrics of Note:
I might need your help to sing these songs
I’ve been losing blood and spinning wheels for far too long
You clap in time, I’ll make it rhyme
And we’ll pretend we’re in our prime
With his third solo album “Bury Me In Philly,” Dave Hause suppressed the totality of his punk roots and added some Americana twang-meets-arena rock choruses to his already-impressive musical repertoire. While not a completely familiar sound to fans of The Loved Ones frontman’s catalog of music, the Philadelphia-native delivers what feels to be a successful transition in the career of a lifelong musician without serving as a shock to the system.
“I wanted to write shorter songs and have them be more, you know, power pop oriented,” Hause told TrunkSpace.
Hause achieved his goals tenfold, bringing a sonic flood of melodies and front-and-center guitar riffs to tracks like “Shaky Jesus,” and “My Mistake,” a rock anthem with touches of 80s nostalgia, an influence that makes perfect sense when you consider that the producer of the record is Eric Bazilian, singer of The Hooters. The punk rock vibe is not completely stripped from the songwriting, however. “Dirty Fucker” is the middle finger on an album that is both honest and honest about being vulnerable, two traits that should be considered sub-genres of music itself.
While “Bury Me In Philly” is not 100 percent in line musically with what we have seen from Hause in the past, it is also not out of line. In fact, it doesn’t feel like a departure from his previous work, but instead, an evolution… the next step in what will surely be a songwriting career that will influence countless Hauses to come.
Check out the full TrunkSpace interview with Dave Hause here.
