Finally, the times have caught up with the line and the Age of Dissolution is upon us. Every time I sit down to write an album I have stared at it and wondered why I wrote it and what it means. “There’s a line in “When We Arrive”, he continues, “Welcome…to the Age of Dissolution” which has been in my notebook for years. Unfortunately, the end result is that fear usually turns to hate and hate is a human emotion that is impossible to predict and control.” “Create a culture of fear and then begin to manipulate that fear to distract, divert and divide.
“It is the oldest tactic in the playbook of social control”, says songwriter Michael Timmins. So much is going on around us right now and nobody knows where it’s going to end up.”įear is not so far from hate, so if you get the folks to fear, it only takes one small twist to kick it up a gear.” sings Margo Timmins in the new song “The Things We Do To Each Other.” … These songs are about reckoning on a personal level and reckoning on a political level. “We’ve always tried to make records that are relevant to who we are as people. “It’s a deeper and a more complete record than we’ve ever done before,” says Michael. In true Junkies fashion, the gentleness is juxtaposed with rock that can be jarring. While the music is characteristically easy to listen to, the songs on “All That Reckoning” are visceral. It also may be the most powerful album Cowboy Junkies have yet recorded. Whether commenting on the fragile state of the world or on personal relationships, this new collection of songs encourages the listener to take notice. With Cowboy Junkies’ new album, All That Reckoning, the band once again gently shakes the listener to wake up. The now classic recording combined folk, blues and rock in a way that had never been heard before and went on to sell more than a million copies. It stood out in the midst of the flash and bombast that came to define the late 80’s. The Trinity Session was like a whisper that cut through the noise - and it was compelling.
In 1988, Cowboy Junkies proved that there was an audience waiting for something quiet, beautiful and reflective.
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