Deadboy and the Elephantmen - If This is Hell, Then I'm Lucky (2002)
Track List:
- Strange Television
- Waking Up Insane
- Song With No Name
- Graves Beyond Windows
- Otherworldly Dreamer
- Like the Dead Would Laugh
- High Monster
- Heart of Green
- Barefoot in the Dark
- Theme
I know many of you here have a fondness for Acid Bath, and while they are becoming known moreso everywhere all the time, there is still a limited knowledge of Dax's post-Acid Bath works. Agents Of Oblivion were verging on the edge of a breakthrough, but quickly broke up before anything happened. Then Dax started Deadboy and the Elephantmen, which knowledge of seems to be even more obscure than the previous two bands. Somewhat continuing the progression of sound that occurred between Acid Bath and Agents of Oblivion, the dark themes are still in place, but the music itself has become more of a background ambience on this release, far removed from the original sounds of Acid Bath and taking cues from some lighter moments of Agents Of Oblivion, leaving the showcase to be Dax's incredible vocal performace.
Definitely for fans of Dax's vocals, but also recommended for the unique ambient-dark-folk-rock style.
Dax has sinced moved on from this album to a minimal acoustic folk approach on the recent deadboy album, "We Are Night Sky," and has plans to continue releases with this new style, marking this album as a classic anomaly in his catalog which won't be repeated, and undoubtedly never outdone.
