Aha Shake Heartbrake |
Because of the Times |
Come Around Sundown |
Only By the Night |
Youth & Young Manhood
Now I understand the "southern Strokes"
moniker that's been hung on these guys. Interesting you have
to go back to their debut to hear it after all of America got
exposed to KOL on their fourth album, Only By the Night.
Lead singer, Caleb Followill, has clearly been working on crafting
his voice. On this one it's raw. Real raw. More of a talking
slurred drawl than singing, he sounds like a combo of G.
Love and a really drunk Rodney Anonymous from The
Dead Milkmen. These guys bust through track after track
of sloppy, but amazingly effective, country-tinged hipster rock
circa 2002. As each track goes by I figure I'll tire of their
sound, which could certainly be grating for some, but I'm compelled
to listen out of some mixture of contradictory repulsion and
unchecked glee. Visions of carnies and general circus freaks
abound. |
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