You can’t keep a good man down or so it would seem from this four track EP from The Workers for said band features the talents of one Dan Greenwald. I have to admit that the nineties were something of a musical blur for me but the name of Dan Greenwald did ring a few bells.
This EP is, despite having only four songs, has something of an epic feel to it. Each song starts like it is going to go the distance and that’s pretty much what happens. It’s all post-punk American style meets arthouse intensity with the guitars high in the mix and Mr Greenwald’s laconic vocals dryly intoning words of alienation and disassociation. In a way, it’s like listening to an earnest high school play written by an older, wiser and grumpier man who wishes it were yesterday.
That earnest approach, however, gives these songs their appeal. Every word is delivered like it was written by Shakespeare and every note is played with controlled ferocity and I reckon “Leave You With I Love You” provides the best example of this. Now that I think of it, The Workers have taken the option of going large here. Good choice!
Available from CD Baby.