Ghosts notwithstanding, The Secret Life, the New Bloods’ Kill Rock Stars debut, is a focused, concentrated full-toned shot of 2008. And the joyous spirit of Fela Kuti is right there switching beats alongside Buffy Sainte-Marie and the Pacific Northwest’s best DIY originators the past is there, but it is in no way nostalgic. There’s some Raincoats vibe, a little Intima, a touch of ESG and Unwound, but with dub, soul, and afro-beat influences it becomes a whole new animal, a refreshing, absorbing, exhilarating living creature, brand-new for a new struggling world. It’s the sound of train-tracks, of boots caked with mud and farmhouses and factories and hard life in big cities.īut this isn’t country or Americana it’s punk-lean, engaging, minimalist punk songs topping out before the three-minute mark. And then you’ll realize this is more fiddle than violin it’s American-sounding, raw and sonorous, resonating deep into the ground, past the roots of trees, sighing up to shoot holes in the clouds and drifting back behind mountains. It saws out high and lonesome and earthy above the rumble of bass and drums. It wasn't anything personal.The first thing you notice is the violin. "I know there were stories he didn't make my wedding," he said. And to discover each other for the first time really in our 40s-we never really met through all those years-we just hit it off."Īnd despite rumors, things between his brother Mark and him are just fine too. "We have both gone through divorces and gone through so many similarities both professionally and personally. "You know, her and I sort of came around in the same era," he said. The two married in September, and Wahlberg said it's their uncanny connection that makes the relationship so wonderful. Right now though, his biggest fan might be wife Jenny McCarthy. "But we like to tour and we like to work as much as possible and we have the best fans on earth." "We have some special news we're going to be announcing very soon," he said. "It's such an incredible power to be able to go up on stage and perform and to touch people."Īnd while he wouldn't say specifically, Wahlberg said there's more of the band to come. "To be 40 and touring as opposed to 20 -I know what I did wrong then, I know what I missed out on and I know to not let a show go by without taking in as many smiles," he said.
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