Posted June 10th of this year, a friend just sent me the link to this nice write-up of “Little John the Conqueror.”  Many thanks, Mr. Aural Fitness.  My favorite line? The music has “enough pain to pull it out of the mainstream.” 

—RevJD

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I originally thought that my favorite music blog, Berkeley Place, turned me on to The Reverend John Delore, but I’m 100% wrong. Ekko, in his infinite wisdom, did not direct me to this artist, nor can I remember why I originally decided to pick up “Ode to an American Urn,” RJD’s debut album. At any rate, it’s a great album, and left me wishing for more.

Fortunately, The Reverend John Delore delivered with a new album this week, entitled “Little John the Conqueror.” It is a similar vein of country/southern-infused rock, with enough pain to pull it out of the mainstream. Contrary to my usual standards of painful, slow and depressing country & folk music, both albums contain solid pop hooks - albeit combined with some of the pain I expect from a good country-ish artist (see Delore’s cover of “Iodine” off “American Urn” or “When I Think of Home” on “Little John”) - but don’t skimp on a upbeat summertime feeling either (do I sense some Elvis Costello influence in “Wayside?”). You can rock out to this all summer in your backyard.

AND since it’s on Bandcamp, you can download it RIGHT NOW in any format you want AND listen to it for free in its entirety. There is also the limited edition vinyl record album, which I will likely jump on after my next paycheck.

So, if you like what I’ve written, go to RJD’s Bandcamp page and give it a listen, and perhaps a download. He deserves it. You deserve it.

LINK TO FULL REVIEW: http://auralfitness.tumblr.com/post/6384739554/the-reverend-john-delore-little-john-the-conqueror