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**** (4/5 stars)- Mojo
"...a gorgeous sounding record" - Pitchfork
"an artful intentionality to it all... a terrific album."-- Paste
Ohio has long been a breeding ground for strange beauty. Visionary natives include Scott Walker, Jim Jarmusch, Phil Ochs, Devo, Albert Ayler, Stiv Bators, Scatman Crothers.
Born from that state's capital city, The Black Swans drink the same water as their predecessors. Led by singer/songwriter and guitarist, Jerry DeCicca, the music skirts the cliches of roots music, remaining sincere, smart, soulful, weird and deep.
Mojo describes their newest album, Don't Blame the Stars (Misra), as "Proustian autobiographical tales" and Pitchfork calls it a "gorgeous sounding record". A conceptual piece about the healing powers of music, The Black Swans deliver humor and substance in a single blow with tunes like "I Forgot to Change the Windshield Wipers in My Mind," "Little Things," and the title track. Elsewhere, the tone is reflective as in"Blue Bayou," a song that recounts the narrator finding solace in the Orbison classic of the same name. In reviews of recent reissues by legendary songwriter Mickey Newbury, DeCicca received several nods on a shortlist of torch bearers that include Nick Cave, Will Oldham, and Simon Joyner. Neither anachronistic nor overtly modern, DeCicca is a songwriter out of time. READ MORE…
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