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• Artist: Dale Morningstar
• Album: I Grew Up On Sodom Road
• Label: Sonic Unyon
• Year of Release: 2002
• Reviewed by: dscanland on 2003-03-29

While Sodom Road is not Dale Morningstar’s debut solo album, (he did one way back in 1988) it is his most impressive (he has quoted a review of that album “all the impact of a small underwater fart�). With vocals that sound like Neil Young, it’s hard to believe that Dale spends most of his time in the noise rock band Dinner Is Ruined. Sodom Road is a fairly mellow affair with plenty of roots influences as well as a crapload of Tom Waits quirkyness thrown in for good measure. Usually the vocals only have a guitar or piano with the odd drum line placed here and there. His vocals are primarily out of key but there is a charm that Dale holds that demands your attention. Sodom Road is somewhat experimental like the 11+ minute closer “If Mr. President Had A Brain�, but for the most part Dale sticks to tried and true singer/songwriter formulas that get people right into your music. Sodom Road is a very unique album regardless.

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