Track Listing

1. Toward The Waves
2. I'm Ready
3. There's Been An Accident
4. Bonnie Brae
5. Forty Dollars
6. Candy Cane Crawl
7. Underneath The Waves
8. My Time (Has Come)
9. Dead To Rights
10. Conversation
11. Powder Burns
12. I Wish I Was

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #39925 in Music
• Released on: 2006-05-29
• Number of discs: 1

CD Description
'Powder Burns' is the third proper studio album from Greg Dulli under his Twilight Singers guise. Recorded in various locations including Milan and New Orleans and produced by Mike Napolitano and Dulli himself, the album sees Dulli and Co.continue with the soul-infused indie rock sound that gracedtheir previous release, 2003's 'Blackberry Belle'. The album also includes guest spots from Ani Difranco, Joseph Arthurand former Afghan Whigs bassist John Curley.

Customer Reviews

Album of the year?
I had tickets for a Twilights gig for Mark Lanegan reasons, and bought 'Powder Burns' out of curiosity. It's a superb album, with no filler tracks. I can't think of a better album released in 2006. Seriously, for the current price of [...], you can't go wrong. (Also, the new EP 'A Stitch in Time' is worth buying for the cover of Massive Attack's 'Live With Me'.)

"...Feel the powder burn..."
Ok, so this is going to be the most biased review I could ever write. Why? Well, Greg Dulli's Twilight Singers are one of my all time favourite bands, and hopefully if you take the Twilight plunge they will be yours as well.
I don't think I can fault this album, from the rock swagger of I'm Ready through the beauty of Candy Cane Crawl, to the Floyd-esque ending of I Wish I Was, this is Mr Dulli's most accomplished work post Afghan Whigs.
I think pre-Hurricane Katrina (the album was recorded in part in New Orleans in the wake of that terrible natrual disaster), Greg Dulli was in danger of limiting his vision to the (almost) certain detriment of his obvious talent. Blackberry Bell (the 2nd Singers cd), his solo "joint" Amber Headlights and to an extent the covers cd, She Loves You (although you've propbably never heard covers performed this way), kind of sounded like 3 albums made up from one song (a post-modern, alt-rock Thick as a Brick - One for you Jethro Tull fans out there!). A well used saying goes (and I paraphrase), that every songwriter is essentially writing the same song, over and over again. I actually didn't mind this as Greg Dulli's one song beats the hell out of most bands entire back catalogue-Fact, no internal dialogue needed!
The change in Greg Dulli following Katrina and being clean from narcotics for the first time in years, bleeds through every one of these 12 tracks. Surrounding himself with people of equal talent (Ani DiFranco, Joseph Arthur, Scott Ford, Bobby Mcintyre (surely one of the best, live (not in a Keith Moon isn't way) rock drummers out there)), Dulli surpasses most of his previous achievements (yes even The Whigs).
This cd is the work of a genuine, original talent. Take a chance on Mr Dulli & Co and you will not be disappointed.

Dark, complex, smooth and sweeeeeet......
Greg Dulli is one of those infuriating people whose talent is matched only by their inconsistency - I've been called out for saying so, but to me, "Black Love" is the only truly great Afghan Whigs album, although all the others admittedly have their moments. The Twilight Singers, I'm happy to report, are a great deal more together, improving in a steady arc from "Blackberry Belle" through "She Loves You" through to this gorgeous, rock-noir monster.
Noir is exactly the right word for "Powder Burns"; it's a musical equivalent to its cover art - the hazy blurred neon of a midnight cityscape while you're drunk as hell in the back of some (possibly very dodgy) associate's car. As is typical for Dulli, the intense, sultry heat of the Deep South is an almost tangible presence in the songs, and the album highlight, the stunning, heart-bursting 'Underneath The Waves' is a rapturous paen to the devastated New Orleans.
The stuff here is as addictive and as overwhelming as absinthe...driving Pumpkins-esque guitars merging with delicious, often remarkably complex string arrangements, jazz horns, lonely piano/drum loops and stealthily sequenced electronic percussion. And we musn't forget GB's lyrics, which can evocatively express lust, disdain, bliss and utter misery, sometimes within the space of a line or two. There's even a couple of witty quotations; from the Beatles and the Prodigy (!) respectively.
It crests with the title track, whose chorus flares like a match in total darkness, then dwindles to a soft, fading glow, the line 'And I burn, but no one can see me...' inexplicably emotionally shattering.
Dulli is the rock equivalent to Mickey Rourke in the '80s, and I declare this the rock opera counterpart to "Angel Heart", only much less silly. Everyone should hear this.