Daughn Gibson – “Kissin On The Blacktop”

Daughn Gibson LP Me Moan, our Tom B. says “Kissin On The Blacktop” is “a rockabilly ramble taken apart and reassembled in a gleaming-white laboratory, like what Dirty Beaches might sound like if that guy was actually interested in convincing large numbers of people to enjoy his music.” (He issues that on-point-alism after a detour in which David Lynch and Chris Isaak’s unlikely yet fruitful ’90s partnership is analyzed, and concluded with Daughn, “who comes off like early-’90s Lynch and Isaak combined into one person, except beamed into 2013, given time to acclimate, and with a voice pitched-down a few octaves…” If you haven’t checked into Me Moan you are know equipped with ample reason, and starting with “Kissin On The Blacktop”‘s official video is a deeply illustrative one. It’s perfectly cast, where every extra and actor looks exactly like its pristine, trash-bar guitar riff sounds, in all its essential curves, cruddy cracks, and chest sweat. (but in a state of almost clinically heightened reality.) (This includes Daughn.)