GIANT SAND
RAMP (DELUXE 2020 REISSUE) (FIRE RECORDS)
A Deluxe remastered edition of Giant Sand's 1991 album 'Ramp' with a second disc featuring the Mad Dog sessions from earlier that same year.
The Tucson sound at it very best. Featuring piano lounge music for an off-world colony interrupted by an onslaught of guitar when needed, it's light and dark and the better for it, a musical journey on a road less travelled.
"Convertino's brush-work and Burns' upright bass provide the perfect foundation for Gelb's parched voice and chaotic guitar, and guests include Rainer, Victoria Williams and country veteran Pappy Allen.
It's one of Giant Sand's strongest and most complete albums." The Quietus