So, do you think Greg Graffins new solo album is a follow up to American Lesion? Nope, it is not. Most songs on Cold as the clay is completely different from American Lesion. I don’t even know if I can call it a solo album. I mean, Graffin got The Weakerthans as back up band for most of the songs. Only five songs are new. The rest of them are old traditional songs.

I’ll try to give you a short review of the album after listened to it twice.

Don’t be afraid to run is the first track and probably the best song on the entire album. If you haven’t listened to it got to http://media.anti.com/greg_graffin/cold_as_the_clay/dont_be_afraid_to_run.mp3

New songs written by Greg Graffin are Don't Be Afraid To Run, Cold as the Clay, Highway, Rebel's Goodbye, and The Watchmaker's Dial.

Cold as the clay and Rebel’s Goodbye are slow rock songs. Pretty similar to American Lesion songs and really great.
Highway is more like the traditional songs on the album.
On The wahtchmaker’s dial, Graffin is back on the piano. This one is very similar to songs on American Lesion.

The rest of the songs are old traditional songs. I think Graffins new songs are much better than the “old” songs and if you liked American Lesion, you’ll probably like Graffins new songs. I didn’t like the traditional songs very much, probably because I’ve never listened to this type of music before.

What’s interesting with the album is that it was recorded in only eight days by a bunch of musicians that never played together before (except the members of the Weakerthans that must have played together before?).

So will you buy this album? Definitely if you like American Lesion and traditional music. Yes if you like American Lesion and no if you didn’t like American Lesion and old folk music.

Cold as the clay.
Play time 36 min
Songs: 11

Review by, Kristoffer @ The BAD RELIGION Page

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