RETURN OF THE SWAMP THING
Santeria “Year Of The Knife” Golarwash
Return of the Swamp Thing.
It has been a fistful of long and trouble-tainted years since Louisiana ghost-rockers Santeria have graced us with a transmission from the swamplands. 2003’s House Of The Dying Sun was a masterpiece of sun-boiled powerblues and midnight psychedelia, a surreal and evocative road trip into the very heart of darkness.
Five years on, and the band’s propensity for writing songs that haunt and beguile has not waned. When they are in full Southern death-boogie mode, as in the tribal-stomping Leave Something Witchy, or the riff-gasmic Haunted Heart, Santeria sound like a gothic Allman Brothers, a sort of funeral party jam band, at once mournful and joyous.
Elsewhere, among other ethereal delights, there’s the fantastically weird Mexico, which mashes a Bob Seger-esque narrative with a lonesome acoustic guitar and a brass section, the ska-tinged Sold My Soul for Nothing, and the brooding psyche-grunge of You Got What I Need.
Anchored by frontman Dege Legg’s breathy shaman drawl, Year Of The Knife is so atmospheric you may need fog lights to find your way back to reality.
Ken McIntyre (Classic Rock Magazine - Issue 129)
8 out of 10 Stars
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BAND: SANTERIA
EVENT: SANTERIA ACOUSTIC
DATE: FRIDAY JAN 30th 2008
VENUE: THE BLUE MOON SALOON
PLACE: 215 CONVENT STREET, LAFAYETTE, LA 70501
PHONE: 337.234.2422
WEB: http://www.bluemoonpresents.com/
NOTE: OUTDOOR HEATERS WILL BE AVAILABLE!
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