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Rebuke Revoke

Eight years after the debut, and darker: gloomy Americana that lingers over shame, longing and regret.

Released
2020
Label
Soulseller Records
Format
EP — 4 tracks
Recorded
Studio 11Q — recorded, engineered and mixed by Hans Ole Kristiansen

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Track list

  1. Walk of Shame
  2. South of the Border
  3. Heard It All Before
  4. Simple Boy

Personnel

Mr. Strangeland
Mr. Harmer
Mr. Stedjeberg

Recording credits

Recorded, engineered and mixed by Hans Ole Kristiansen at Studio 11Q. Released by Soulseller Records, 2020.

The story

Where Merciless Winds often projects movement and rowdy sociability, Rebuke Revoke lingers. “Walk of Shame” opens in a down-tempo, almost processional mood. “Heard It All Before”, widely identified as the standout, replaces masculine proclamation with emotional exhaustion. “South of the Border” uses familiar borderland and barroom imagery; “Simple Boy” reintroduces humour and theatrical contrast.

Reviews emphasised banjo, fiddle, steel guitar, horns and strong production, but the most persuasive critical description called the EP “gloomy Americana” rather than straightforward country. The arrangements create space around the voice, letting grief and fatigue register. One reviewer heard deep-seated grief; another praised the musicianship while finding the writing occasionally campy. Both readings are plausible — that ambiguity is the record.