Artist: Nathan Asher and The Infantry
Album: Sex Without Love
Label: Unsigned
Release Date: 02/06/2006
Nathan Asher & The Infantry are not impressive for their ages. They’re impressive for the ages. Nathan Asher’s voice sounds like a combination of Rhett Miller, Bruce Springsteen and Conor Oberst, fully delving into each of the respective genres while somehow transcending them all to create something wholly individual. The Infantry, comprised of Daniel Abbate (drums), Lawson Bennett (keyboards), Chris Serino (guitars), Nick Abbate (Bass) and Turner Brandon (harmonica) in their brilliance have created an album that is not only timely, but timeless. The relevance of Nathan Asher and the Infantry is boundless, as is their musical potential.
Their latest endeavor, Sex Without Love, is a pretention-free concept album analyzing life and love in modern America. Lyrically the album is uncomfortably honest, only through pop-infused y’alternative rock melodies reminding you that you’re not a peeping tom, but were invited to this naked expression of soul revelation. Sonically, the only thing the album is missing is the soft crackle of a turntable needle, which is a minor complaint, if a complaint at all.
It is surprising that someone so young could not only have something of value to say, but can say it in a way that speaks to any generation, past, present and future. Young virtuosity in musical storytelling seemed to be reserved for past greats like Springsteen, Dylan or Simon. The likelihood of modern music being graced with such talent seemed like nothing more than wishful thinking. My generation can now proudly add Nathan Asher & The Infantry as our contribution to the encyclopedia of musical genius.
Sex Without Love (Lyrics):
Losing you was like losing an arm, in a war that I've fought since the day I was born,
While the parliament talks and the mobsters make plans,
I look for the bird, that has flown from my hand,
Losing sleep in a Tel-Aviv hotel,
I cut holes in the sheets so that no one can tell,
To wear out on the town, a cloak for a ghost,
Who can pass through the walls of the hearts he needs most.
Sex without love, sex without love, sex without love is not easily done,
It takes gallons of wine, to quiet the blood,
Yer eyes may get drunk but your mind won't shut up enough
To touch her without trust,
Are you strong enough for sex without love?
Cutting the wings so I turn with each steps,
Its been down the same track since the day that you left,
The telephone takes all the truth from your voice,
While your friends draw their swords and scream freedom of choice,
Its been into the breach, its been travel or die,
The planes that we ride track the sun through the sky,
So the sun never sets, the timezones just change,
You can travel all night and not make up one day,
Sex without love, sex without love, sex without love is not easily done,
It takes gallons of wine, to quiet the blood,
Yer eyes may get drunk but your mind won't shut up enough
To touch her without trust,
Are you strong enough for sex without love?
Losing you was like losing the plot, to a story I wrote an then somehow forgot,
Pour the wine from the glass, wipe the smudge from the edge,
The thought from my head an the smell from the bed,
Losing you was like losing an arm, in a war that I've fought since the day I was born.
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