FLACCO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE - SUGAR ~ SHIT ~ SILK ~ SWEAT (2022) [Hi-Res]

From the first few seconds of OPENING CREDITS — strong downbeats driven by grit and dirt guitar, rising-to the-the-stratosphere melody of horns, and crashes and bombs dropping from drums and bass — it is clear we are on a hero’s epic journey. As overtures often do, the tone pivots hard, in this case, from the triumphant to the mysterious space of drones, echoes and floating melodies. Origin stories start from spaces of struggle or conflict of various kinds, perhaps nebulous at first, then taking shape. The album SUGAR ~ SHIT ~ SILK ~ SWEAT is in that richly individualistic tradition of the epic journey. Comparative Mythologist Joseph Campbell calls this the “personal myth.” It is a lens through which we perceive the world as we build it. Composer, bandleader and guitarist Keenan Ruffin has built a kaleidoscopic set of original works and arrangements for intrepid adventurers, including his four close bandmates, and open-eared listeners who prefer their improvisational stories unbound by limits of stylistic definition or sonic expectations.

Tracklist:
1.01 - FLACCO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE - OPENING CREDITS (TO AN ACTION-PACKED TALE DETAILING THE ODD EXCURSIONS OF A FELLOWSHIP OF MAVERICKS) (6:34)
1.02 - FLACCO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE - STABLEMATES ~ coltcomrades (5:45)
1.03 - FLACCO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE - j******** (BLOODLETTER) (13:52)
1.04 - FLACCO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE - BLUES MANNERISM (8:17)
1.05 - FLACCO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE - ness (INTERMEZZO) (2:34)
1.06 - FLACCO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE - SOMETHING FOR LAILA (13:12)
1.07 - FLACCO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE - ERONEL (5:54)
1.08 - FLACCO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE - BIZARRE ADVENTURE THEME (10:13)