Word: tonks
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...work, it often gives an appealingly off-beat vibe. Within the deeper registers of country instrumentation, the listener simply can’t make out what she’s singing. The arrangements do little to make up for the bland vocal performances: the sound is cut-rate honky-tonk blues alternated with cut-rate Norah Jones jazzy-pseudo-neo-soul. That’s not to say it’s all bad, because when Marshall puts some effort into it, as in the title track, it’s lovely. The yearning vocals, echoed by the frustrated backing...
...Summer” Sweeney fleshes out the song’s anemic melody with a menacing electric guitar riff, giving the track much-needed heft. Oldham is a formidable talent, but he is never better than when surrounded by great collaborators. Likewise, the honk-tonk pastiche of “I Send My Love to You” becomes an exhilarating rave-up thanks to Ryder McNair’s unhinged keyboarding. McNair is also responsible for the gospel-inspired improvisations on “Summer”: his wailing organ on “I See a Darkness?...
...country music's hippest traditionalist turns to God as the best part of life: wise parent, firm friend, ultimate beau. This sheaf of fine songs, intimate readings and delicately powerful melodies makes divine love sound like a kiss in the back of a pickup. If there's a honky-tonk in heaven, Harris will be the star act on stage...
...video’s ramshackle aesthetic is the perfect compliment to the Silver Jews’ sound: “How Can I Love You” is, at heart, just old-fashioned honky-tonk music, and too much visual fuss would have muddied its simple pleasures...
...last ten minutes of their 11-minute long krautwank epic “Spiders (Kidsmoke)”). If any album were to break through to the other side of popularity, this is it. “Punks In the Beerlight” is a rollicking honky-tonk explosion, “I’m Getting Back Into Getting Into You” is a slow-burning love ballad, and album closer “There Is a Place” bridges the gulf between country and gospel with electrifying results. Rumor has it that Berman wrote...