In the Graveyard

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In the Graveyard
In the Graveyard by Dead Moon album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released1988
Recorded1987-88
StudioFresh Tracks (at Portland, Oregon)
River Recordings
Genre
Length28:37
Label Tombstone Records
Producer Fred Cole
Dead Moon chronology
In the Graveyard
(1988)
Unknown Passage
(1989)
Professional ratings
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In the Graveyard is the debut studio album by American garage punk band Dead Moon, released in 1988 by Tombstone Records. At the time, Cole was recognized for his involvement in the psychedelic garage rock band The Lollipop Shoppe, which pivoted an influence on the lo-fi, monaural album.

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Background

At the time, singer and guitarist Fred Cole had been in the garage rock scene for over 20 years, having been primarily known for his involvement with The Lollipop Shoppe back in the late 1960s. After the band broke up in 1969, Cole played in multiple, short-lived bands such as Zipper, King Bee, The Rats (with Toody Cole), the Western Front, and the Range Rats.

In 1987, after breaking up with multiple bands, Dead Moon was formed by singer/guitarist Fred Cole, singer/bassist Toody Cole, and drummer Andrew Loomis. The band combined dark and frustrating themes with punk and country music influences into a stripped-down, monaural sound.

Content

In the Graveyard is a garage punk album with lo-fi, energetic production. "Hey Joe", a standard, shows up in the album, as well as a Toody-covered "Can't Help Falling in Love" under a moody, darker atmosphere. As evident in the band's unusual sound by Dave Thomas, an Allmusic reporter, "Slight open-plain Western influences shine through in the album's more subdued moments, coming off like some strange home-schooled version of the 13th Floor Elevators playing covers in an empty cowboy bar." [1]

Release and critical reception

In the Graveyard was released in 1988 by Tombstone Records to generally positive reviews. According to an Allmusic review by Fred Thomas, "The rawness of Dead Moon's 1988 debut In the Graveyard is undeniable, its lo-fi production as much a part of the final product as its manic, seething energy." [1]

Reissues of the album followed. In June 2014, In the Graveyard, along with Dead Moon's second and third studio albums, were released for the first time on CD. [2] Exactly ten years later, the same albums were remastered on 24-bit high-resolution. [3]

Track listing

All tracks are produced and written by Fred Cole, except when noted

In the Graveyard track listing
No.TitleWriterLength
1."Graveyard" 2:32
2."Out on a Wire" 2:50
3."Can't Help Falling in Love"1:45
4."Parchment Farm" Mose Allison 3:35
5."Dead in the Saddle" 3:43
6."Hey Joe" Public Domain 2:57
7."Don't Burn the Fires" 3:30
8."Where Did I Go Wrong" 2:17
9."Remember Me" 2:54
10."I Hate the Blues" 2:34
Total length:28:37

Personnel

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