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Calling Bringing Down the Horse, the Wallflowers' long-delayed follow-up to their 1992 debut, Dylan-esque may be ridiculous under the circumstances (Wallflower Jakob Dylan is Bob's son), but the description is more accurate than you'd even expect. From the heavy organ/guitar interplay to the throaty vocals to the musical and lyrical cues borrowed from Springsteen, Petty, and even Elvis Costello, the Wallflowers amalgamate all the new Dylans and old Dylans into songs that -- despite their general pleasantness and standouts like "6th Avenue Heartache" and "I Wish I Felt Nothing" -- do not contain a single refreshing musical idea. Guest FOBs (friends of Bob) like producer T-Bone Burnett and Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell -- plus other roots guys like Adam Duritz (Counting Crows) and Gary Louris (Jayhawks) -- only make the ancestor worship harder to shake. ** The Wallflowers
BRINGING DOWN THE HORSE
(Interscope)
-- Roni Sarig
(The Wallflowers play the Paradise next Friday, September 6.)
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