Hezekiah Jones
Bread of Teeth (EP)
[Yer Bird; 2009]
1. Iowa Alligator
2. I Love My Family
3. Traffic to the Sea
4. Sorry Waltz
I’ve enjoyed Hezekiah Jones’ past releases: Hezekiah Jones Says You’re A-Ok and Come to Our Pool Party so I was excited to hear Hezekiah Jones’ newest release Bread of Teeth (EP). The opening track, “Iowa Alligator” is a fairly upbeat, bluegrass, folk-esque tune that is in a different vein than the remaining tracks on the EP. “I Love My Family” is a bleak, stripped down, acoustic tune with beautifully layered haunting backing vocals. “Sweet, life is so sweet, so sad. The ones you love the most go by so fast” are such real, honest, heartfelt lyrics from “Traffic to the Sea”. That song is perfect! The last track on the EP is a cover of a Matthew Helm song titled “Sorry Waltz”. Somehow that out of tune piano melody is in tune with the lyrical vibe of the song and really establishes a nice flow. “I could never give you all that you desire and that’s the least you deserve.” Wow, that’s deep! Bread of Teeth is a very moving EP with some amazing songwriting. If it’s not obvious at this point – I’m very fond of this EP and play it on repeat often.
Here’s one of my favorite tracks from Hezekiah Jones: Bread of Teeth (EP)
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Hezekiah Jones: Bread of Teeth (EP) available at – Yer Bird | iTunes | CD Baby
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