Hey, cool name for a band! For Lee Harvey Osmond is a cool name for a band but the killer rabbit on the cover of this album suggested something at odds with what this album actually turned out to be.
For this is a warm and mellow album prominently featuring the talents of Tom Wilson (of Blackie & The Rodeo Kings). It won't take long to find an example of the laidback charm of these songs as "Cuckoo's Nest" settles into a near horizontal groove delivered in a laconic drawl that would compensate for more than a couple of those quadruple espressos you had earlier in the day but still keeps your interest with a splash of sixties west coast pop influences.
This is the kind of quirky but oh so very carefully crafted approach that Robbie Robertson uses on his solo work. Implement influences like a bit of jazz or a bit of country but hold it all together with the kind of songs that hark back to the storytelling approach of American folk music way back when. In fact, "Lucifer's Blues" is handled exactly like Robbie Robertson would (nothing wrong in that in my book!).
"A Quiet Evil" is an album that shows what can be best described as practised ease. You would find it tough to find an album easier to listen to and there is indeed much to enjoy in the elegance of the production and in the subtlety of the performances. I can see a lot of people liking this one. Nicely recorded too, by the way.