Trippple Midnight Karma.
February 28, 2011, 0 comments
Montréal’s Sean Nicolas Savage returns today with another work of “sexual and psychedelic soul music”, his new cassette Trippple Midnight Karma that has Savage once again moving terrifyingly close to the realms of outright, ridiculous kitsch yet without ever actually crossing the line. Instead, this simply is truest, passionate pop music, a graceful tribute to the Sexual Healing-era Marvin Gaye, drenched in lush melodies and played on a setup that’s coming straight from the late 70s soft rock and Motown scene. When Savage sings about “a Hawaiian dancer under the moon”, of course the initial impulse of the sane music connaisseur would be to slam the stop button, but out of his mouth it works, in a strange, transcendent way perhaps, but still ending in a deeply satisfying, very uplifting listening experience. After all, what Savage showcases here once more is a truly unique voice digging deep into popular music territory that has long been lost to the ignorant masses, and that alone is really something. Let’s admit that after all, we all just wanna be happy.
Trippple Midnight Karma is out now on Arbutus Records.
Sean Nicolas Savage – Common Be Happy
