Gunshy - There's No Love In This War (2007)
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Magnet (p.107) - "A raspy, smoke-curdled voice reminiscent of the Dropkick Murphy's Mike McColgan...conveys wartime calamity with heartbreaking authenticity."
Effusive praise for "the greatest generation" has grown tiresome, as tales of the grunts fighting the last good war have been retold many times over. That fatigue doesn't really apply to The Gunshy's There's No Love In This War, though. For its fourth album, leader Matt Arbogast created 17 songs based on letters his grandfather wrote his grandmother from the European front lines in World War II. Arbogast's scratchy, Tom Waits-esque tone provides the perfect voice to the weary, sweetly lovesick notes. They're also well complemented by the group's (also Waits-ian) Americana, which varies from hushed ("August 13, 1943") to rollicking ("December 18, 1943"). All of it makes War an affecting, engrossing listen.
1. May 14, 1943: The Khaki-Wacky Girls
2. August 13, 1943: Eddie Was a Good Friend Of Mine
3. August 27, 1943: A Fortunate Man
4. October 28, 1943: Jule, I'm Not Ready To Die
5. December 18, 1943
6. December 26, 1943: Humphrey Bogard & His Lady
7. June 1, 1944: Instruments Of Modern Man
8. June 11, 1944: Pretty In the Red & White Dress
9. June 22, 1944: Standing Outside the Royal Opera House
10. July 3, 1944: I Shot a Man
11. September 5, 1944: The Armchair Advisors
12. November 14, 1944
13. March 7, 1945: There's No Love In This War
14. September 5, 1945: Let Them Dance
15. September 6, 1945: Til My Belly Hangs Over My Belt
16. September 30, 1945: A Soldier's Blues
17. October 11, 1945: Tell Them That I Said Hello
