After 14 years as lead vocalist and songwriter for acclaimed Minneapolis progressive bluegrass outfit Trampled by Turtles, Dave Simonett, aka Dead Man Winter, dedicates himself to a solo album of a very personal nature. All 10 songs center on a man coming to terms with divorce and separation from his children. This very introspective and soul-searching collection was written in semi-hibernation in the Minnesota woods. And one feels that sense of desperation and despondence in tracks like “This House is on Fire” and the confessional “Am I Breaking Down.” The album has a narrative quality akin to quiet time with a thoroughly engrossing book.
Score: 8 out of 10
Dead Man Winter
Furnace
GNDWIRE/Thirty Tigers
Producer: Dave Simonett
