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Tracklist
- 1Little Ann3:24
- 2Greatest Show on Earth5:31
- 3Frankie’s Gun!4:06
- 4Goddamn You, Jim3:25
- 5Wonderful Life4:02
- 6Don’t Wake the Scarecrow4:57
- 7Take This Bread4:51
- 8Saint Stephen's End4:03
- 9Love Me Tenderly3:40
- 10Ruby Mae4:08
- 11Murder by Mistletoe4:41
- 12Whiskey in My Whiskey3:49
- 13Helen Fry5:44
- 14Radio Song3:51
- 15Tip Your Way5:23
Reviews
Rated 6/10
Upstate New York (and the USA as a whole) has too many folk bands. These guys were fine, but unspectacular.
Rated 8/10
I see a lot of people comparing these brothers to Dylan, but outside of the vocalist sounding sorta like him I don't hear it. Lyrically they're far closer to traditional country story-telling such as John Prine.
Musically this band is a mix of folk and country, but as prefaced in the opening paragraph, their lyrical style is far closer to country, with a little bit of rock thrown in here and there. It does sometimes feel that they're trying a little too hard to harken back to an older time, I guess back when country had a bit of bite to it like with the outlaw country scene, but the album has enough charm to it to keep my impression of it positive. This album is also over an hour long (which means my last three albums have been a combined total runtime of FOUR hours!) so for it to stay fresh after that is quite impressive.
I'm not completely enamored by the record, the four I'm giving it is very light, but the rustic charm on display is enough to paper over the cracks, and I will most likely be returning to this.
Should it be on the list: I wouldn't add it, but you could make a case for it.
Top 3 Songs: Frankie's Gun!, Wonderful Life, Don't Wake the Scarecrow