Release Date: March 28, 2025
Label: 7 People Records / Village Slut
Format: Digital, CD (Digipack with 6-panel double fold cover and 16-page booklet),
LP (Silver 180g Vinyl with fold-out lyric poster and insert card)
Genre: Progressive Rock, Rock, Alternative, Post-Rock
Line Up:
David Judson Clemmons – Vocals, Guitar
Robert Goldbach – Bass, Guitar
Felix Ritz – Drums
Anne de Wolff – Violin, Cello, Viola
Maisha Judith Clemmons – Background Vocals
Tracklist:
Learn To Resist
Drones & Satellites
No Fear, No Love, No Lie
The Caves Below
Truce
Songs In The Key Of You
The Old World Is Gone
The American guitarist/singer/songwriter DAVID JUDSON CLEMMONS has been in the music business since the late 80s, in bands like MINISTERS OF ANGER, DAMN THE MACHINE, JUD and THE FULLBLISS besides running a solo career. He is now settled in Berlin, Germany, and his new solo CD is entitled Everything A War, which is musically a mix of progrock, melodic rock and Americana/singer/songwriter pop melodies in a somewhat darker post-rock background.
Besides David on vocals and guitar, the other musicians whom are helping him out here are drummer Felix Ritz, bassist/guitarist Robert Goldbach, Anna De Wolff (Violin, Cello, Viola) and on backing vocals David’s daughter Maischa Judith Clemmons. 7 songs are included in total, and opener Learns To Resist shows right from the start that we are dealing here with a strong album, because this is a beautiful melodic progressive rock song with the focus on the vocal melodies and not any extensive instrumental complex parts. It has a bit of IT BITES thrown in here and some ENCHANT similarities there. All together a great start, and thankfully the album continues this way with the superb and very melodic Drones & Satellites, which has a fantastic uptempo catchy part where the melodies take it straight into melodic rock actually. David is a gifted singer and he can also write a good tune besides playing the guitar, so a real interesting musician to check out. Other highlights are the beautiful melancholic No Fear, No Love, No Lie, the midtempo rocking Truce and closing track The Old World Is Gone.
It’s actually hard to compare David’s music, because there is a lot to discover on this epic concept album that keeps it interesting to listen to the album over and over again. On the other hand, I guess the progrock/melodic rockfans might enjoy this a lot, and fans of let’s say KING’S X might also want to check out this high quality CD of David.
Written by: Gabor
Ratings: 8/10
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