Muotathal, Switzerland based Cosmic American Music /Psychedelic Garage Rock band Dear Misses published the full stream for the third album “Life and Death of Frankie Trombone” out on November 25, 2022 via Monobuster Records. Stream the whole album through the YouTube player below:
On their third album, Dear Misses have made a real stylistic break.
Distorted guitars and howling fuzz solos have been exchanged for acoustic guitars, pedal steel guitar, mandolin, violin, blues harp and polyphonic vocals. It’s a concept album about the life of fictional Wild West outlaw “Frankie Trombone.” The 12 original compositions deal with the erratic life of an outsider, his heartbreak, loneliness, inner turmoil, social ostracism, failure and eventual death. Despite the lyrical heaviness, the songs carry a vibe of summer lightness. On a musical level, Gram Parsons‘ vision of Cosmic American Music continues; Country and Folk are blended with Rockabilly, Psychedelic, Blues and even Trip-Hop. Deeply impressed by the maestro Ennio Morricone, elements of the Italo-Western soundtrack are also present in the songs. Typical for Dear Misses, the album was recorded and mixed completely analog. For the album cover, the five musicians pose in custom-made nudie suits decorated with glitter stones and Psychedelic subjects in front of a star-studded desert sky, shortly before a new day dawns in the life of Frankie Trombone.
Purchase the album on Bandcamp: https://dearmisses.bandcamp.com/album/life-and-death-of-frankie-trombone
Tracklist:
01. A Life He Never Had 04:14
02. Leaving Town 02:32
03. El Coyote 04:53
04. Don’t Let Her Down 04:10
05. Interlude 00:59
06. Beat This Train 05:15
07. Silver Lake 03:10
08. Fata Morgana 03:38
09. Frankie’s Last Mexican Showdown 06:09
10. The Gates of Death Pt. 1 03:24
11. The Gates of Death Pt. 2 01:54
12. Requiem 02:25
Lineup:
Jonas Marty / Lead & Backing Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Piano, Percussion, Harp on “Don’t Let Her Down,” Bass on “Leaving Town,” “El Coyote” and “Don’t Let Her Down“
Fabian Schelbert / Lead & Backing Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Harp
Cornel Betschart / Drums, Percussion
Thomas Uttinger / Bass
Belinda Villforth / Lead & Backing Vocals, Percussion
Additional Musicians:
Simon Fassler / Pedal Steel Guitar on “A Life He Never Had,” “Don’t Let Her Down,” “Beat This Train” and “Fata Morgana“
Hanna Landolt / Violin on “Silver Lake” and “Requiem“
Jonas Landolt / Cello on “Requiem“
Harry Kälin / Piano on “A Life He Never Had“