JOHN MORELAND - Big Bad Luv LP folk Ocean Rain is a stunningly

Ocean Rain is a stunningly beautiful album

very few people can do it well

which Teledetente 666 did so to me quite a few years ago with a 7" on Sweet Rot called "Les Rats"

call and response rhythm chants which infiltrate the consciousness and leave the listener transformed forever

But the end result

JOHN MORELAND - Big Bad Luv LP folk Ocean Rain is a stunninglyFollowing up the breakthrough is a tricky business. The easiest thing for John Moreland to do following the success of his 2015 album High On Tulsa Heat would have been to deliver a sequel like rehash of the acoustic glories of that album. Instead he beefs things and takes a full band approach on Big Bad Luv, which contains almost as many hooks as it does Morelands hard earned kernels of truth. You can sense the difference right off the bat with