2007-06-04
Brag & Cuss marks the fifth album from the Texas native with an intentional journey into country song writing. Drinking and the pained sense of loss concurrent with life on the road marinate each song. No surprise this album was written during Votolato’s last tour. As Tweedy and Farrar depicted southern Illinois with Uncle Tupelo Votolato embraces his own Texan mythology of passing power lines and empty bottles with a subtle lyrical brilliance and formula silhouetted folk. Check out tracks 2, 3, and 7. If looking for a real downer, listen to track 8, ‘Whiskey Straight’ or track 11, ‘Silver Trees.’ Don’t play 10, ‘The Old Holland’ till safe harbor (He says piss) but still play it, there’s a wonderful guitar part. – Derrick MundLEONARD COHEN
Selections From Live In London
THE PANTONES
Inside the Sun's Wild Flame
LOWEN & NAVARRO
Hogging The Covers
Anna Christie
Elixer For The Human Heart
Edwin McCain
Lost In America
NEKO CASE
MIDDLE CYCLONE
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