Dogs & Donkeys
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- Dogs & Donkeys
- 歌手：Christian Kiefer
- 语种：英语
- 时间：2007年07月
- 公司：Undertow Music
These are the images that flow through Dogs & Donkeys, Christian Kiefers fifth full-length album and the first full-length project released by Undertow.
Like all of Kiefers releases, the images in Dogs & Donkeys coalesce around a particular theme. This album is about economics, although noting this fact so bluntly denies the subtlety with which the topic is addressed. Telling two narratives simultaneously, Kiefers new album interweaves completely disparate lives into a single narrative thread, ultimately exploring the relationships between economic pressures from a variety of angles.
Of course, such concerns are risky. One can easily slip into Roger Waters territory: grandiosity or pretentious psychobabble or soapbox-style proselytizing. But Kiefers concerns here are not to preach, but rather to explore, and his careful imagery speaks volumes of his background in the study of American literature (in fact, Kiefer recently completed a Ph.D. in the subject at the University of California, Davis).