I wrote a short piece about Mathew deRiso’s previous release back in December of last year, that album was a raucous rock ‘n’ roll affair, for his latest release he’s not got the full band on board preferring to enlist the help of only one of the Profane Saints – bassist Kurt Mullins who also handled the recording and production of this ten track release, as well as playing electric guitar, fretless bass and percussion, Mat d. handles the vocals of course and arms himself with banjo, mandolin and guitar, the collaboration has yielded a far more earthy release, the sound’s pared back and stylistically it’s a big step away from Dirt Town City Limits but the transition is handled deftly and the end result is an excellent listen that gives a greater emphasis to the song-writing which is high quality stuff, tales of dirt road diners, highway dreams and dust bowl babes.
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