Spector on So Lo

"I've sat down with Craig with 2 guitars & - to quote Joni Mitchell - "poured out the sorrow to the sound hole & the knee". He's a phenomenal guitar player -- try for instance, "Fade 2 Black" or "Lonesome Lullaby". But layered over that exquisite guitar, you'll find stunningly difficult & beautiful lyrics. Listen to "Cold Wind Blowing". A stunning song. And "2 Make 3 Make 1", "One 2 Go" are so marvelous & so delicate the way the guitar notes swim around an achingly human voice. The aptly named "Pain" honors any suffering you've ever experienced. "Love is Just a Word You Say" speaks directly to the modern addiction of throw-away relationships ("chemicals in the brain")... And yet, in his own voice, broken, even lacerated, he insists adamantly that Love is real. That's a heroic act. In these songs lies a willingness, an openness to say what is - to speak as a human. Sometimes that requires looking at our suffering - and refusing to stop there - turning them into delirious song. "
- John Terlazzo, amazon.com (Feb 11, 2011)

"After reading early SplatterPunk horror classics by Skipp & Spector, no one could blame eager listeners for expecting mid-period Metallica Kirk Hammett frantic power riffs tempered with Journey melodies... but what we have here is the illegitimate love child of post-rehab Steve Earle and post-Velvets Nico wrapped up in a blues blanket of sorrow and loss and the endless search for love; Springsteen's stripped down Nebraska era lyrics of longing, but without the Tobacco Road desolation. Surprisingly, some of these songs caress you like a lover's lullaby. Long before there was Craig Spector, Writer, there was Craig Spector, Musician, who, from an early age, had been weaving narrative webs of sound. Like his novels, his compositions were emotionally charged, visual, evocative and superbly crafted. Despite his novels and screen work, Spector's impressive body of musical work has largely remained hidden away from public ears. Until now. Thanks to North Carolina-based Crossroads Press, a long starved, faithful audience can finally feast on the works of Spector The Musician with the release of SO LO, a rich, powerful eCD which is guaranteed to surprise the writer's world-wide legion of fans an inevitably generate a new audience for the multi-talented storyteller."
- Philip Nutman (Dec 01, 2010)

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