HIS NAME IS ALIVE - Detrola Review

While there are facts to the contrary, sometimes it feels like His Name Is Alive has more critics than fans. Mouth By Mouth was [rightfully] hailed as perfect when it came out in 1993, and since then the band has heard more than its share of whining about their branching off into new territory....full text Smart, sexy, and full of zip-top-fresh approaches to lounge-rock staid, His Name Is Alive creep-y-creep-y crawl up and down your spine until there's nothing left to do but moan, bob, and doop-doop right along with 'em....full text Warren Defever’s makeshift group His Name is Alive is plural by design. Defever is obsessed with the arcana of music making. He is an ideas collector, populating his productivity with pseudonyms, rag-tag side projects, limited CD-Rs and box sets on his Time Stereo label, and an ever-changing cast of players....full text