The Past Is Still Alive

This album has been added to 3 public lists:

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  Best, Favorite, & Most Interesting Albums Of 2024

  Mark

  • Genre: Americana, Folk, Indie Folk, Alt-Country.
  • Influenced by: Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Lucinda Williams, Gillian Welch, The Band, Johnny Cash, John Prine, punk music, Beat poetry.
  • Similar artists: Brandi Carlile, Margo Price, Angel Olsen, The Avett Brothers, Jason Isbell.
  • About this album: "The Past Is Still Alive" is Hurray for the Riff Raff's eighth studio album. Led by Alynda Segarra's powerful vocals and introspective songwriting, the album delves into themes of family history, cultural identity, and the enduring power of the past.
  • Metacritic Score: 87 (universal acclaim).
  • Grammy Nominations: None. Nominated for Album of the Year at the 2024 Americana Honors & Awards.
  • Song To Sample: "Ogallala," which unfolds with a slow, deliberate 4/4 beat, features pedal steel guitar, baritone and tenor saxophones, tambourine, and drums. And it starts off with the lyrics, "Hiding from the cops/In Ogallala, Nebraska..." What more do you want?
  • Trivia Bonus: Segarra was a teenage runaway from the Bronx who rode freight trains for years. Segarra and bandmates spent two years touring by freight train in the hobo band Dead Man Street Orchestra.
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  Best 5 of 2024

  stumpnugget

  This album is a bullseye for me. It's everything I love in a record. It's cohesive. Lyrically dense and personal. Fantastic song writing. It's lands every time.

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  John's Top 10 2024

  John