Death Vessel: Nothing Is Precious Enough For Us
Label: Sub Pop
There’s nothing groundbreaking about Nothing Is Precious Enough For Us, the latest from Joel Thibodeau’s Death Vessel – it’s just a beautiful and strange collection of songs, with warm, sunny melodies and inventive arrangements. Thibodeau’s castrato-like voice is unusual, to be sure, but once the novelty wears off, his songs take on their own persona, shedding the “I-can’t-believe-he’s-a-dude” reaction many initially have and enveloping you with their beauty and grace. His vocals are haunting and soulful, and the album in infused with lovely and uplifting tracks, from the glorious choruses of “Fences Around Field” to the Paul Simon-esque folk gentleness of “Jitterakandie” and “The Widening.”
