49 Burning Condors never fail to capture the imagination with their meticulously crafted atmospheres. Ominous, dark, period pieces that take you back to the age of witch hunts and vampires, the color of folk rock that the outfit produces is unique and unmatched, and ‘Black Waters’ is a testament to their collective honed talent.
Philadelphia-based outfit 49 Burning Condors are a 5-piece group that focus on a specialized color of gothic folk rock. The band thrive -in their own words- on myths of witches, gods, and ghosts that are bound to the swamp, and a more able description of their sound can never be said. Their latest single ‘Black Waters’ is a slowly heaving epic that trudges at a brooding pace, reluctantly shedding its skin, scale by scale, showing its truly chaotic nature bit by bit.
Kimber Dulin’s vocals are as passionate and as expressive as ever, and her words as mystifying and as puzzling as ever. With a musical arrangement that’s drenched in an intentionally crude and cavernous reverb, the whole song is deliciously swampy and cacophonous, and the sonorous violin leads, courtesy of Andriana Markano are landmarks in the song’s rich instrumental tapestry.
If you dig 49 Burning Condors’s aesthetic, ‘Black Waters’ is going to tickle all your senses in the most amazing ways. An expansive arrangement that showcases a group totally at peace with their sound and approach. One more astonishing piece of art from one of the most interesting and stand-out folk outfits active today.
