the SOAP BOX Ep, by REVEREND SHINE SNAKE OIL Co.

the SOAP BOX Ep

by REVEREND SHINE SNAKE OIL Co.

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Lute FP This is their first and best album. Oddly, it feels more polished and mature than their later efforts. I bought their whole collection as a package and initially reviewed them all at once:

These guys are amazing. I keep thinking of Tom Waits as I listen, as the vocals are gruff yet melodic, and the music is always familiar yet unexpected. But there is a lot more going on here than Waitsian dive-bar burlesque. This music feels soulful and uplifting, even as it sounds suited to the introspection oft found at the bottom of a pint glass.

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1.	SOAP BOX 03:06	lyrics	buy track
God lives in the space between two people... God lives in the space between you and me. God fills the void of communication and all that we do not see. God isn't some source of redemption bestowing gift of sight. God isn't some reward or blessing or offering of eternal life.... As natural as feces God fills the gutter of life. Don't miss-judge the reason you suffer. When I spit in your face, taste the salt, water, air... Water... air. God's out there!
2.	HERETIC 04:32	lyrics	buy track
Light the heart that's empty. Happy as a fool in the rain.... Kiss the ring that holds you in a subservient position. Demonize our passions...Walk in a land mine of dreams... Ritualize confusion, Conquer by any means... Jesus, what is wrong with my faith? He came here to save us. We exploit the name.... Jesus, what is wrong with my faith? He came here to save us. We exploit the name.... We will never learn when will we see.... We lie awake, We fall deceit. We follow desires of those who are week. I have seen the bloody cross, marching on with brutal force... It's not for love this world we make, broken bones lie in the wake. Do you recall the recent past, those opposed would take the lash... Enlightenment has been replaced by "Entitlement" and blind FAITH.... Precious time unfolding, collapsing-present , futurepast. Mind controlling... as WE are loosing our grasp. Micro-cosmic cycles denote the absence of Song... Like a child, with out a sole... Can you sense that something is wrong.... You sense that something is wrong.
3.	NYHAVN 02:45	lyrics	buy track
We go riding this Marry-go-round; obviously we have our up's and our down's. I miss summer, winter is far too profound. Casting Shadows like ships mast in Nyhavn. Waiting vessels grow weary in the sound, casting shadows like ships mast in Nyhavn. We sail these seas guided by stars. Intuition leads me back to your arms and simple words have the greatest of charms, turning snake oil into healing balms. Life's lesson, beckons alarm's turning snake oil into healing balms.
4.	Birthday Suit 03:12	lyrics	buy track
I don't want to hurt you have seen all I've gotten from skin paper-thin see the wind blow me down. I don't understand you have seen all I can give you food give you lust for the rough road ahead. I must try again to undress in the light. I must try again to undress in the light. I don't want to fear you have held me too close felt my hunger for life in the here in the now. I'm the one to avoid like the plague, like white noises wont stop till the trust is a must more than lust. I must try again to undress in the light. I must try again to undress in the light. I am... Sorry... But now it is time to... Depart... from the... HEART...MIND...SOUL...MIND...HEART...HEART... HEART... Heart, mind and soul... Still not whole
5.	Jahova Will Destroy You... (free) 11:00	info	download

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Like the Sunday soapbox orators of Hyde Park London, who have assembled at Speaker's Corner since 1872 to discuss, Religion, politics, and other topics so to this record express’s theirs concerns and is aFlamboyant release of their frustrations…” From this record is born a new style of music; primitive and grounded, folk-tales connect seemingly disparate genres into a single curbstone philosophy, “SOAPBOX MUSIC”. Converging African polyrhythm’s with punk-rock dissonance and combining swing, rock-steady and rhythm & blues.
-Richard Alexander

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released March 3, 2009

Matthais Klein – drums, Justin Moses Gunn – guitar, Eske Nørrelykke - bass, Laura Marlene Diestel – violin, Stine Ea Arbo Nommesen & Maria Rützou – vocals, Jan Andersen & Jenz Koudahl – harmonica, Claudius – vocals.
Produced by: ANGERYMAN, Recorded at GRANNY STUDIOS by Peter Forsberg Mastered by Thomas Peter Wind @ Masterbox

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REVEREND SHINE SNAKE OIL Co. Copenhagen, Denmark

Primitive & grounded, folk-tales connect seemingly disparate genres into a single curbstone philosophy “SOAP BOX MUSIC”. Converging African polyrhythms with punk-rock dissonance. Combining swing, rock-steady and rhythm & blues… Sarcastic and sentimental; Agitated and serene, they are a throwback to the Negro spirituals and the American folk tradition. ... more

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