{"id":9138,"date":"2013-02-16T23:31:24","date_gmt":"2013-02-17T04:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bostonsurvivalguide.net\/wordpress\/?p=9138"},"modified":"2013-02-16T23:31:24","modified_gmt":"2013-02-17T04:31:24","slug":"introducing-gospel-claws-and-their-sophomore-album-put-your-sunshine-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bostonsurvivalguide.net\/wordpress\/2013\/02\/introducing-gospel-claws-and-their-sophomore-album-put-your-sunshine-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing… Gospel Claws (and their sophomore album, Put your Sunshine Away)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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photo by Susan Jordan Anderson<\/p><\/div>\n

I was already impressed with Gospel Claws<\/a> at their debut album back in 2010, C-L-A-W-S<\/a> (I remember being somewhat mystified by this title; turns out some early reviewers would misspell their name “Gospel Clause”). At once, I was swept away with their ’50s style, surf and doo-wop influenced music, set off with dark lyrics, Joel Marquard’s crooning vocals, and a touch of, well, gospel. On their latest album, Put Your Sunshine Away<\/a> (released last November), there’s still that delightful vintage vibe, though it’s a fuller sound which at times (as on the soaring “Pale Horse Dry Cleaning”) becomes a full-on orchestral production with Marquard belting it out. “Hambone,” though curiosly titled, is a wildly romantic moonlit dance. “Looming Darkness” is also dreamy and romantic, though with a melancholy underbelly (“I’m feeling lonesome and I’ve got no one to blame \/ I can’t seem to break out of my 20-something cage.”). For this second album, released on Common Wall Media<\/a>, the band had a very successful Kickstarter campaign which partially funded the project. As with the first, it was recorded by Bob Hoag at Flying Blanket Recording<\/a>. <\/p>\n