Imagine that when the rights for the Frank Herbert novel ‘Dune’ came up in 1971, the French consortium envisioning Jodorowsky’s take on Dune, pass, leaving it up for grabs. Without intervention of Dino De Laurentiis, Dune’s cinematic realisation hangs in the balance .
Enter a collective of hip, young, American Auteurs, who, under the watchful eye of director, Ossie Davis, quickly steer the Spice, Space and Sand epic to a new dimension…injecting their vision of Dune with the incendiary lead performance of Carl Anderson (Jesus Christ Superstar) as a fiery and uncompromising Paul Atreides. With charisma and drive, Anderson becomes the definitive Paul…
Hope you enjoy my 70s-style movie trailer of a Dune that could have been! ⭐️
This was a stripped down headline performance of Jay Clayton on acoustic guitar & vocals, later supported by bass and drums, then switching back to solo, an approach I’ve seen before…think Evan Dando of The Lemonheads, (who has performed in a similar fashion) but in reverse, solo-band-solo over a live set rather than band-solo-band. The natural blend of lyrics & poetry half-sang, half-projected, with a guttural yell sit perfectly with gentle arpeggios, then abrasive Punk-Folk guitar. Vocal delivery is somewhere between AJJ and Jake Thackray. Jay Clayton’s guitar-abilities mesh with his vocals…percussive guitar conjuring up a full band, think Rodrigo Y Gabriela meets Sonic Youth, that builds in intensity and drops or skyrockets to serve the song. There were different tunes from various Crywank albums that generated a warm buzz amongst the audience, emotional ear worms burrowing as song after song gushed from the stage. Jay has a command of his emotions, with a great range in his creative pallet linked to his feelings and is able to distil these into visceral acoustic songs that resonate timelessly with the fans. Jay’s empathy, humility and humanity manifest in Crywank, part folk-rebel, part beat-poet, part kitchen sink dramatic storyteller, an emotionally hardcore spokesman for the misshapes.
🇬🇧🇮🇪Crywank UK & Ireland tour 2023: https://linktr.ee/crywankband?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=3437c6ad-615c-423b-bfd9-64c3eb5a216a
⏯️ Listen to Crywank in Bandcamp: https://crywank.bandcamp.com/album/just-popping-in-to-say-hi
A companion YouTube playlist for my recent review of ‘Daylight is Here’ by English Indiepop band, The Suncharms. It’s a playlist of tunes by bands & artists I mentioned in my review and includes the original scrolling text review of The Suncharms’ tune.
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Part 1 of a companion YouTube playlist for my recent review of ‘They Don’t Care’ by Alternative Rock band, Treewax. It’s a playlist of tunes by some of the bands & artists I mention in my review and includes the original scrolling text review of Treewax’s tune. Part 2 of the playlist coming soon...Don’t forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel!⭐️
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‘Remember to support Independent Bands & Artists by listening & sharing’