Album Review: Ed Kuepper - The Return Of The Mail-Order Bridegroom

With elder statesman status, Sir Edmund is doing even more with less. A document of his recent mode of performance – just himself and range of acoustic guitars, with occasion loop or background clatter – songs are drawn from his own career(s), and some other reference points. Thus, his still-hypnotic The Way I Made You Feel resides with a Hey Joe taken back to bluesy murder ballad. The Walker Brothers' No Regrets comes with a weary resignation, while a final Messin' With The Kid takes The Saints' punk angst and makes it grow up.