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- Summary: The live album from Bill Callahan includes 10 songs recorded in March 2023 at Chicago's Thalia Hall and features contributions by Nathaniel Ballinger, Pascal Kerong'A, Matt Kinsey, Nick Mazzarella, Jim White, and Natural Information Society's Joshua Abrams and Lisa Alvarado.
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- Record Label: Drag City
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
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Nov 6, 2024Callahan’s set may have erred on the heavy side of recent material (as much of this tour did), but he was even-handed in what he cut and ruthless in how he ordered what was left; only opener “First Bird” is left untouched in its original place. He would’ve been fine leaving the sequence as he played it, frankly, but Resuscitate! sharpens Callahan’s considerate cowboy demeanor even whilst songs expand in length and narrative moments stretch out in relatively small spaces, extending into stories that meander, convoluted and beautiful as any bedtime story.
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MojoNov 6, 2024The easygoing Natural Information may be Callahan’s latter-day signature tune, and here daubed in Clarence Clemons-flavoured sax and quicksilver guitar, it sounds like the Eagles at a shamanic retreat. CPR for the soul. [Nov 2024, p.92]
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Nov 6, 2024A triumphant live album, Resuscitate! is as much a celebration of the evolution of Callahan's music as it is the shared experience between musicians and audience.
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UncutNov 6, 2024Arrangements are denser and somehow tenser than the relaxed studio recordings, with “Partition” building to a fervent drone and “Natural Information” riding a wild groove kept in check by Callahan’s steady vocals. [Oct 2024, p.33]
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Nov 6, 2024The quality of the recording captures the glorious tumult in the band’s interplay, making it visceral and elemental.