With their album To Weep, Perchance To Scream, Danny Lund and his trusty band, The Trigger Warnings, have entered the studio together for the very first time to record a release that nods to Danny Lund's debut, while charting a bold new path for the ensemble and their tight-knit musical partnership.
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★★★★
"a well-sounding album with a universe that Quentin Tarantino would likely turn into a smashing western"
"The whole shebang is based on an infallible sense of melody and a rhythm section capable of delivering its own elegant steadiness"
"a distinguished album with truly fine songs"
"I can only recommend a ride with The Trigger Warnings and hope that the album finds an audience, so we can get this band out entertaining at the venues. Danny Lund and the Trigger Warnings would undoubtedly be able to turn even a drab, gray Danish meat-and-potatoes day into a smashing party and the municipal music venue into a saloon out where even the rattlesnakes turn back."
- Erik Jensen
Ever since their first three records and countless live shows, The Trigger Warnings have repeatedly been compared to the exact same two or three artists with whom they share virtually nothing in common. This likely stems from a sound that carves out a niche between gothicana, neo-country, and prog-folk—a space that neither reviewers nor audiences quite had the vocabulary for—making it easier to simply drop the names of a few gravel-voiced baritone singers from Canada or Australia.
On this new album, it becomes abundantly clear that those comparisons hold very little weight. While the 12 tracks certainly revolve around familiar Americana staples like bourbon, beer, and infidelity, the lyrics are distinguished by rich rhyme schemes, plenty of intertextual references, and juicy low blows. Thanks to the frequently sprawling song structures, the perpetual shift between humor and heartbreak is given both wings to fly on and an abyss to soar above.
The melodies act as co-pilots the entire way, bolstered by lush backing vocals from Sisse, Sam, and Hilda, the band's dynamic instrumentation, and guest soloists from near and far brought in specifically for the occasion.
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Three of the songs are duets between Danny Lund and Hilda Prins, two are Hilda solo tracks written specifically for her, and one is a duet between Hilda and Sam. The latter track marks the fourth iteration of "JACK," a recurring song featured on every LP from the beginning, where the lyrics shift and take on an entirely new meaning once again.