Photo by Justin Renney

Aaron Poppick, Julian Thomas, and Kevin Lord have been preaching their fire and brimstone whisky guilt for the past three years as Blood Red Dancers. Having been featured in numerous Seattle publications including being mentioned in the Seattle P-I’s blog as having “made one of the best EPs/CDs of the year,” for 2008′s Let Him Fight, I’ll Be In The Breadline, this trio of drunken ghosts represents a pleasant breath of brine and blood soaked reality for the emerald city.

They’ve been playing music together for a decade, moving up to Seattle from California within months of each other. With Thomas’ piano and organ wails, Poppick’s coffin nail drum pounding and thundering bass backing up a voice stolen from a werewolf’s throat, the Dancers do a fantastic job of weaving methodical dark rock with the care of an angry funeral march. The support the instruments lend to Poppick’s vocals recall the atmospheres created by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Angels of Light with the basic yet augmented rock framework of The Animals.

“Feel Good Hate” is a two and a half minute rum soaked confession booth of a tune. The panels are supplied by Poppick’s bass and Lord’s percussion and the wavering guilt by Thomas’ chiming minor piano. None of these constructions do a very good job at holding in Poppick’s “confession” which reaches a fever pitch vehement enough to make any priest wonder whether this is genuine regret or if this man just wanted to share his deeds.

A new EP will be recorded this fall and should come out aptly this winter. Blood Red Dancers play The Cha Cha Lounge this Saturday at 5:45pm and the Sunset Tavern on August 27th. For the rest of The Cha Cha’s Block Party Schedule, go here.

(Right Click “Save Link As” To Download) Blood Red Dancers – “Feel Good Hate”