Lanegan, Mark: Whiskey For The Holy Ghost (Vinyl 2xLP) Gilla Band and bollocks to it all'

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's polemic fury and rapid-fire urgency - though as always the band rages without hip-hop machinery in favour of the heavy-duty power tools of rock

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Lanegan, Mark: Whiskey For The Holy Ghost (Vinyl 2xLP) Gilla Band and bollocks to it all'For his second solo album, Whiskey For The Holy Ghost, Mark Lanegan decided to go wider and deeper. The arrangements are mostly acoustic and electric guitars, bass and drums, but the subtle addition of violin and saxophone on select cuts makes for greater variance and gives the album a rich, epic scope. As always, Lanegan sees the glass as neither half empty or half full, just dirty. 'Borracho' reaches a cathartic wall of shrieking feedback, but