MP3 Mat d. - Gasoline Rattle

Raw, Dirty and Road Hard Acoustic Americana from the banks of I-29. Dark and compelling, somber and bittersweet, the music of 'Gasoline Rattle' not only haunts the soul, but inspires it.

9 MP3 Songs
COUNTRY: Americana, COUNTRY: Country Folk

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âGasoline Rattleâ chronicles a dark, lonesome trip through pastoral towns, formidable dives and barren interstates on a rugged mission of transgression, love, heartache and ultimately- deliverance. Singer/Songwriter Mathew deRiso, accompanied by producer / bassist Kurt Mullins offer up nine country and folk flavored tunes well suited for a slow ride down a gravel road, fueled by tales of hard luck humanity and spirituality combined with glimmer of hope lyricism, strong vocals and grassroots instrumentation best described as road-hard acoustic Americana.
The album begins with âHeart of Dieselâ an ode to the broken hearted from the mind of a reluctant protagonist riding on the âdevilâs trainâ of regret, declaring âfor every broken heart in heaven thereâs a heart of diesel rattling down below.â That troubled heart leads the listener back in time to the belly of the New Frontier Casino and the golden age of Sin City, with the words âBikini Bull Ridingâ flashing on a star studded marquee. Then, with the devil on your trail, a long lost lover winds up âDead in New Orleansâ driving you north towards the ghost lands of every greasy spoon and dingy Midwestern truck stop on the âDamnation Line.â Hope lurks quietly around the corner from the ashes of a fiery wreck, as the battered and bruised are lead to a one night stand with mercy with the emotional yet galvanized âGuilty Manâs Gun.â Only then, after grace shines briefly on oneâs shoulder, does the listener head back to âSweet Louiseâ only to find New Orleans in ruins. But fear not, for at the end of every road, in the bottom of every abandoned well, and in the pit of âan old basement cabinâ a troubled spirit finds rest and redemption in the heartfelt, spiritual anthem âBound for Gloryâ compelling the listener down one last highway to keep âkeep burning on until youâre freeâ riddled with the cries of life's secular evangelists housed inside 24 hour travel plazas, whiskey motels and the cab of a rundown pick-up in the mystical and poetic âDirt Road Eulogy.â Only then does the protagonist finally find true love in the "wild and holy tilt-a-whirl" embraced in the arms of a circuit preacherâs daughter gone bad on a dusty yet oddly familiar fairground as the album draws to an uplifting close with the outlawish old time shuffle of âMidway Babylon.â
Dark and compelling, somber and bittersweet, the music of 'Gasoline Rattle' not only haunts the soul, but inspires it.