Cry Alone is the seventh album by the Dawn Brothers who have emerged from the bayou's of Rotterdam to bring create a Dutch swamp soul widescreen rock and roll for the 2020's. The Dawn Brothers are Bas van Holt, Rowan de Vos, Tammo Deuling and Rafael Schwiddessen with special guest Claus Tofft.
The album opens with the soulful heartbreaker Do Me Wrong setting up where the albums coming from, a sort of 70's funky lovers, pouring out all their emotions at each other, he just wants you to Do Me Wrong, Do Me right and move along, the tart's creed.
Can't Let You In, Can't Let You Out is almost Southside Johnny style soul rock, built around a rising organ part and some very Del Shannon style guitar, this marries all sorts of influences to sound classic and modern.
I Will Never Hold Your Heart Again is almost the saccharine, tear jerking soul pop, you might imagine it to be, but with a soaring arrangement, making sure it never gets over wrought at the pain of losing you, hoping that pain will never be bigger than the sound they make, like a 70's spaghetti western soundtrack.
I Cry Alone is a Roy Orbison style heartbroken song for the dumped, left at home to cry into there Heineken and Edam, no matter what advice they were given that boys don't cry, this lot sob themselves to sleep at night, only when they are alone.
Seven Year Itch isn't totally about the classic film, but not far from it, while sounding a bit like Mungo Jerry, the memories of how she put her spell on you 7 Years ago.
Don't You Weep is laid back early 70's Hollies style balladeering, comforting you telling you not to worry anymore.
Let It Bleed is a soft shoe shuffle in the style of late Period Blow Monkeys with an edge of the Six City Stompers, with some very Georgie Fame style organ. The aftermath of this argument seems to be a permanent end.
Live A Little almost like they are sitting on the dock, feeling sorry for themselves, organ blues, heartbroken pleas that it might be time to Live a Little and move on.
Jack Of All Trades the youtube generation version, he can do everything, so long as there is a youtube tutorial available, even making vaguely Beatlesque psych pop songs like this.
Humble Call could be an Eli Paperboy Reed tune, it has an infectious groove, over which all the apologies play out, he is forced to make that Humble call once more, if he wants another chance to unleash a Crazy Horse solo on her.
You Know Why has a lazy almost dubby beat, he's had enough, he just wants a bit of peace and quiet, if you haven't cottoned on yet, he makes his feelings clear.
The album closes with an admission that I Don't Think I've Really Had It, they aren't the one, never going to be the megawatt matinee idol star, but are kind of fine with cruising through life, playing in a real hot band, life on the second rung sounds pretty good like this.
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