Whatever You Love, You Are

Dirty Three: M. Turner (guitar); W. Ellis (violin); J. White (drums).
Recorded in July 1999.
Whatever knowledge or art the musicians who comprise Dirty Three soaked up in their early years must have been not only chaotic and dark, but also sublimely beautiful. The compositions on their fifth release, WHATEVER YOU LOVE, YOU ARE, softly swirl into an after-hours netherworld; a plaintive violin wails an opening to "Some Summers They Drop Like Flys," and the song becomes a soundtrack to a night of dyspeptic dreams which swing from nightmare to euphoria.
The creations of Dirty Three meander around a world surrounded by a void, yet every string plucked, every beat laid down makes sense. With music so full, so lush, it's hard to believe Dirty Three are merely a small group and not a symphony orchestra. WHATEVER YOU LOVE, YOU ARE is sweet, dissonant loveliness.