The National Lights - The Dead Will Walk, Dear
Reviewed by mike
Inspired by an '80s horror film with a similar name, The Dead Will Walk, Dear is a bold debut from Richmond, VA act The National Lights. A song-by-song account of a lover driven to the brink (and beyond) of murder, the album's gothic tale is dark as night. As morbid as the story is, it’s delivered by the delicate voice of singer/songwriter Jacob Thomas Berns, which sounds initially out-of-place and overly isolated but becomes quite captivating. Supported by a soundtrack of acoustic guitar, piano, banjo, lap steel and organ, and offering fragments of the puzzle in each track, The National Lights have created a truly haunting, yet entertaining folk record. [www.thenationallights.com]