Lifeblood
Album - 2020
Karl S. Williams - Vocals, piano, guitar, banjo, electric organ
Crick Boue - Bass, electric guitars, slide, banjo, acoustic guitar, Backing Vocals
George Carpenter - Drums, percussion, Hammond, Backing Vocals
“If ‘Heartwood’ was an introspective journey into a man’s soul, then its follow up ‘Lifeblood’ is the exasperated outpouring of a man troubled by a world that is collapsing around him.”
As far as albums go, Lifeblood is the monstrous, all consuming creative undertaking that now deserves to be heard - and like a lot of people, Karl is angry. Written and recorded against the backdrop of several turbulent years Lifeblood encapsulates both personal trials and the heartbreak of a society witnessing its own decay. The album touches on Trump era politics, the ongoing proliferation of profit-before-people and growing disunity, disconnection and disenfranchisement in all corners.
Speaking of profit, here’s the merch:
