Blues Lawyer
All In Good Time
Oakland band Blues Lawyer joins Dark Entries for their third full-length, All in Good Time, a record of pop-rock songs
about living in a world that wants to put your existence on the clock. Blues Lawyer was formed in 2017 as an outlet for
guitarist/vocalist Rob I. Miller and drummer Elyse Schrock to write pop songs outside of the strictures of their other
groups. Following 2018's Guess Work and 2019's Something Different, Blues Lawyer had "graduated from being a side
project band, a sort of throwaway project, to actually being a legitimate band," according to Miller. Under the backdrop
of global pandemic and existential crisis, they set about recording their new record. Says Miller, "I have always been
really attracted to the way we measure time, especially in relationship to our concepts of what we are supposed to have
achieved. Theres a lot of different moments on the record where were interrogating this whole value system that comes
along with it - determining my worth because of where I'm at in my life in relation to my age, in my love life, in my
career." All in Good Time finds Blues Lawyer moving away from the Flying Nun-influenced jangle pop of their earlier work
towards a 90s alternative rock sound imbued with melancholy of the Lemonheads and Teenage Fanclub. Miller and Schrock
agree that this is their first record approached with intentionality, each member having spent their time in
pandemic-enforced isolation, honing their songcraft and penning sharp hooks. With the addition of bassist Alejandra
Alcala and guitarist Ellen Matthews, Blues Lawyer has become more unabashedly riff-centric, bringing a controlled
wildness to the new songs, as evidenced by Matthews' single-take guitar solo on album closer "Tangled Mess". This is
also the first record on which Schrock and Miller share songwriting duties, with Schrock's earnest contributions
balancing out Miller's more sardonic approach. Schrock's optimism particularly shines on the Heavenly-esque "Late
Bloomer" as she sings "A late bloom is worth the wait.". All in Good Time reveals Blues Lawyer as a band ready to stake
a meaningful claim in a world that rewards insincerity. The vinyl record includes an insert with liner notes and lyrics.
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Format
LP · 1 disc
Release
17-02-2023
Label
Item-nr
1085619
EAN
0794811515524
Availability
Not in stock
Tracks
Title
Artist
1
CHANCE ENCOUNTERS
2
SALARY
3
RETURN POLICY
4
CRYSTAL BALL
5
LATE BLOOMER
6
SOMEONE ELSE
7
ELUSIVE EDEN