Looking to bust their way outta the barn ever since their absolutely amazing, early-'80s trilogy of Reckless Country Soul, Fervor and Lost & Found; this Nashville-based four-piece follow 1995s A Blazing Grace with another time and trend-defying blast of what has become, by now, formula Jason & The Scorchers thrash 'n' twang.
Featuring the usual well-chosen, over-the-top cover tune ("Take Me Home, Country Roads," "19th Nervous Breakdown," "Absolutely Sweet Marie," and, this time out, latter period Byrds with "Drugstore Truck Drivin' Man") that you somehow just knew would be there - the group's latest slab of hi-energy corn also boasts: Jason Ringenberg's imperfect, but perfectly appropriate, "aw shucks" yokel yowl; Emmylou Harris guesting on the gorgeous "Everything Has A Cost"; a catchy potential hit in "To Feel No Love" (co-written by The 'Dirt Band's Jimmy McFadden); a slew of countrified boogie rock beats played with a swaggering abandon; and white-noise mongering, under-appreciated guitar hero Warner Hodges riffing with a foam-lipped, manic intensity as he spews out lead and rhythm chunks like a country-boy possessed by demon rock 'n' roll.
