Trouble at Jinx Motel

"Trouble at Jinx Hotel" is the fourth album from the sprawling Montréal ensemble, Molasses. This inspired example of the group's utterly original music displays the raw, world-weary voice of old Americana, the abandon of improvisation and experiment, the spiritually-charged atmosphere of church music, and the adventure of the avant-garde... all swirling around the musings of singer-songwriter Scott Chernoff. The Boston Phoenix says of the record: "Sweepingly cinematic, cracked-dry arrangements take in everything from disembodied bowery guitar orgies to lonesome whistles 'round the bend, tracing an unlikely path from Skip James to Sonic Youth."