Mark Lanegan & Duke GarwoodBest Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood Albums Ranked

With Animals

pastemagazine

8.7

“There’s dark music, and then there’s With Animals, the new album from longtime collaborators Mark Lanegan and Duke Garwood that’s pitch black, almost till the very end. The strengths of the two men pair up perfectly: Lanegan’s gravelly baritone sounds like smoke slinking down a shadowy alley, and Garwood’s tracks are the shadowy alley, no matter what he’s using to construct them. On the duo’s fi”

Black Pudding

pitchfork

6.7

“Mark Lanegan is back to working with a musical co-pilot here, though British multi-instrumentalist Duke Garwood's accompaniments are rather subsumed by Lanegan's outsized personality. Black Pudding offers scarifying dirges and tough-guy sensitivity in reliable abundance.”

With Animals

loudandquiet

6.0

“‘With Animals’ is an analogue sort of album. Partly recorded in Joshua Tree, the desert atmosphere has seeped into its grooves, conjuring images of dust bowls and vast skies. In general, Mark Lanegan and Duke Garwood’s latest collaboration is a traditional blues album, mourning lost loves and fixing broken hearts. The title track sees Lanegan retreating from human society to lick his wounds, relyi”