Factor in its sprawling length (16 tracks/75 minutes) for an even harder sell, making Bloodkin’s return a key next step in a career that frustratingly hasn’t attracted the popularity over the decades their catalog and work ethic deserves. So Black Market Tango has an uphill battle before you even hit play. How many actually purchased 2013’s over $100 five-disc box of unreleased Bloodkin music is unclear, but that set is a telling indication of just how prolific singer/songwriters and childhood friends Daniel Hutchens and Eric Carter, the founders and only consistent members, have been.
And, while it’s great to get name checked by their far better known local peers Widespread Panic (who covered some Bloodkin tunes) and Drive-By Truckers, those recommendations have not translated into attracting a substantial number of fans from those acts shifting over to Bloodkin’s camp.Īlso, there hasn’t been a new studio release in over a decade (2009’s Baby, They Told Us We Would Rise Again, another in a long line of witty album titles, was their last), which doesn’t bode well for establishing a lasting legacy for a band that isn’t a household name even in the circles they run in. Bloodkin | Black Market Tango | (Cosmo Sex School Records)Īthens, Georgia’s Southern rockers Bloodkin have a few things working against them:įirst is their moniker which invokes a death metal outfit and is not indicative of the smart, literate roots rock they have been cranking out since 1994’s debut.
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