![]() ![]() That movie, more than any of the others, stands out as the prolific tie to Fort Knox, according to Matthew Rector, the installation's historic preservation specialist. ![]() No other installation, that is, besides Fort Knox. ![]() Army) VIEW ORIGINALįORT KNOX, Kentucky - While there are most likely plenty of Army installations that have enjoyed the attention of Hollywood in movies past and present, no other installation can boast of having "Stripes" filmed exclusively on location. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 4 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 3 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 2 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. Subscribe to Louder Than War and help keep the flame of independent music burning.1 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. Gordon is also on Twitter as has a website here: More writing by Gordon can be found in his archive. They are also on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.Īll words by Gordon Rutherford. Quite frankly, Part Two cannot come quickly enough. Perhaps that’s a bold attempt to ensure that they dominate the year end compilations three years in a row. We just know that there’s more to come, because this particular collection is only Part One of Angels and Queens, with Part Two to follow in 2023. And, like SAULT, they also have a semi-mischievous, almost Hitchcockian mastery of suspense. Indeed, Gabriels remind me of SAULT in their ability to consistently release music of quite remarkable standard. Oh, and did I mention the choir? To the Moon and Back is heart-wrenching.Īngels and Queens is a flawless album, one that will rival Kendrick Lamar’s magnum opus, Mr Morale And The Big Steppers, as this year’s finest. If You Only Knew is the most sublime piano ballad that carries you to the celestial heavens when those strings wash in to join Lusk’s voice. Remember Me swings and sashays, the epitome of cool. Did we ever doubt it? Five more tracks ensue and the quality never wavers. And although we are only two tracks in, we just know that Gabriels are the real deal. The emotion and intensity of Balouzian’s strings as they dovetail with Lusk’s falsetto are stunning. The percussion and punching horns of Taboo follow. Tiny things like that distinguish the great from the good. It’s the way that Lusk holds back for a couple of bars before pleading “somebody help me”. One of the things that I love most about Gabriels is the sense of timing in their songs and in Angels and Queens they, once again, play with that quite deliciously. It opens proceedings with just the right degree of sass and energy. It is a cinematic, dramatic collection, awash with lush orchestration that provides a sumptuous platform for that voice. ![]() Their backgrounds give an indication of how Angels and Queens sounds. Joining Lusk in the creation of this work of magnificence are composer Ari Balouzian and Sunderland-born film director Ryan Hope. It may be only twenty-seven minutes long, but what a twenty-seven minutes. Angels and Queens is nothing short of remarkable. Now it has arrived and I can ecstatically report that it doesn’t disappoint. Duly (and unsurprisingly) snapped up by Elektra (in the US) and Parlophone (in the UK), they swiftly released a second EP, Blame, that demonstrated that Love and Hate In A Different Time was no fluke.īoth releases served to heighten anticipation and, like a kid waiting for Santa, we eagerly awaited the debut album. The possessor of a voice that will stop you dead in your tracks, Lusk makes up one-third of Gabriels, the band behind the song. The singer is Jacob Lusk the connection is that he is also the singer heard on Love And Hate In A Different Time. At the very heart of the crowd, a guy is singing Strange Fruit, acapella, into a loudhailer. A crowd of people are attending what appears to be a demonstration. Shot at an intersection, presumably in Los Angeles, it appeared to have been filmed on a bystander’s mobile phone. The intrigue came in the form of a clip that was bolted on to the end of the song. As if that wasn’t enough, the track was accompanied by a video that was visually and sonically enthralling, then intriguing. Simultaneously, it sounded like something ripped from a 1930’s wax cylinder, yet absolutely of these times. Sung by an incredible vocalist and fusing soul, R&B, gospel and uncanny syncopation, it was truly unique. Entitled Love and Hate in A Different Time, it included a title track that blew the minds of almost everyone who heard it. In the summer of 2021 a Los Angeles-based band self-released their debut EP. According to Louder Than War’s Gordon Rutherford that is. Is Gabriels’ debut album the album of the year? That’s subjective…but, yes. ![]()
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