Description:
You may best remember Pat MacDonald as one half of the husband and wife duo Timbuk 3, the Austin-based act that spawned a Billboard top 20 hit in 1986 with "The Futures So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades". Now, with the unfortunate dissolution of his second marriage, MacDonald is embarking on another journey,"Troubadour of Stomp", a collection of dark, introspective, highly personal songs penned during and following his divorce.From the deeply cathartic "Wish You Would Die", to the acceptance of "Thanks Man" (a song where MacDonald thanks a friend for sleeping with his wife, and makes no bones about making it clear why the marriage is dissolving). Through the comical "This Band Sucks", MacDonald may be having a bad year, but he uses that to his advantage. All played in his Troubadour of Stomp style (thus the title of the record), a sound that features only his low-tuned, distorted guitar, harmonica, voice, and a board to stomp on for percussion. Fusing blues, rock, folk, indie slyness, and darkness into a late-night, subdued party gone awry, MacDonald takes the one-man band into new heights, bucking the conventional for a sound that is anything but. (Broken Halo Records)
