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  “Battered Bones” is a wonderful mix of roots rock, Americana, blues and an invigorating syringe of Rock’n'Roll. Songs like Wide Open Blues, the purely instrumental Battered Bones, Circadian Rhythm and Glossilalia have a delicious sound, like whiskey rinsing out a dusty throat on an abandoned highway. Although in the USA alcohol is frowned upon in the car, a set of wheels is essential to enjoy this album in all its glory. In a sense it is the soundtrack for the road to the horizon.
  This new path of Big John Bates is a joint vision between him and upright bassist Brandy Bones. Adding distorted guitars to the dark-colored roots sound completes this cinematic head-trip to remote corners of the American West, to abandoned dives and tiny graveyards along the way. The only drawback of this fascinating disc is that it ends too soon. ... more
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• Battered Bones LP (Orange or Black Vinyl)

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  Limited Edition on 12" Black or Orange Vinyl - complete lyrics and credits inside with a brilliant & lush sound. Plus a vinyl-only bonus track - all produced by Robert Ferbrache (16 Horsepower, Woven Hand, Slim Cessna). It has the sweeping intensity and dark feel that comes from the depths of Denver's Absinthe Studios.
  
  Also available online from Alternative Tentacles (USA) and Rookie Records (DE) and Glitterhouse Records (EU/UK).
  
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• Battered Bones Gatefold CD

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  German Import - gatefold CD with great graphics, full lyrics - very cool stuff from Rookie Records in Cologne. A bit more spendy than the usual CD but it's totally worth it. Even has a unique bonus track on there ...
  
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• Full Digital Discography

  Get all 4 Big John Bates: Noirchestra releases available on Bandcamp and save 20%.

  Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Skinners Cage, From the Bestiary to the Leathering Room, Battered Bones, and Headless Fowl. , and , .

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