There is
a time in every artists life when they stand still for a moment and
take stock of where they are.
For some
they can look on their past endeavours and comfortably embrace them.
They come
to the conclusion that the path they are on fits and there's no need
to alter the course they mapped out.
Then
there are those who cast an eye over the material that they have
produced and decide that was then and this is now.
If that
is what they settle on, then from that moment on multiple artistic
options will open up.
The
latter is where it seems to be that Roscoe Vacant is at, but what can
be done with the songs that are now partially in the rear view
mirror?
Well with
No Attack/No Decay he has simply revisited them and polished off
the songs to provide a watershed moment in his career.
A
springboard that he can leap into the future from.
On one
hand it neatly represents the past as a sort of closing chapter on
that part of his career, but for those unfamiliar with his material
it simultaneously can be taken as the first chapter as he strikes out
for pastures new.
It's akin
to how a major record label will sign an act up who have already
released multiple recording independently, and then prior to their
major debut they release a taster of the best of the past.
So what
we have is a release that screams the king is dead, long live the
king.
Who knows
what the future will hold for this often angry folk punk troubadour,
but if No Attack/No Decay is a rejuvenated opening salvo then I'm
happy to climb on board and join him on the journey.
Buy No
Attack/No Decay - http://roscoevacant.bandcamp.com/
Back
catalogue - http://roscoevacant.wordpress.com/music/
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