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Now this is one of the most random bands I have
ever come across, they are a three piece band are
made up of a real reverend, his wife and his brother
Jayme and they play country music with a bit of
blues thrown into the mix. They have just released
their debut album ‘The Whole Fam Damily’
through the ever so popular Sideonedummy Records,
the album was recorded in a church in Bloomington,
Indiana just down the road from where they all live.
‘The Whole Fam Damily’ is most probably
the most random album you are going to hear all
year long, as The Reverend Peyton’s Big
Damn Band easily sound like the buskers that hear
on the London underground as you are walking through
the stations to get to your tube and there is
some guy strumming away and singing for dear life
with not many people taking him serious.
The album starts off with ‘Can’t
Pay The Bill’ and to be fair it starts off
sounding quite good, there is a lot of rhythm
and the instruments come in at a frantic speed,
but then The Reverend’s vocals come in leaving
you thinking if this band are serious , you then
give them the benefit of the doubt as the band
seem to rock out to a great sound during the song,
but it’s when ‘Mama’s Fried
Potatoes’ comes up seconds after the first
track finishes you then take everything back and
just realise how mad these lot are, the song is
once again fast and furious and full of rhythm,
however the lyrics are extremely random and the
pace for the rest of the album is set from here.
‘Worn Out shoe’ is a dirty slow sounding
country song, ‘DT’s Or The devil’
features Reverend playing at 100 miles per hour
like he needs to knock this track out as quick
as he can or it will never get finished type thing,
‘Your Cousin’s On Cops’ is actually
quite a fun fast paced song, it reminds me of
My Name Is Earl maybe because the band have that
Earl look and feel about them and the programme
Cops is forever being played on the TV show.
Everyone knows that the biggest retailer in America
is Wal-Mart, and you can buy pretty much anything
and everything from the shop, well I reckon you
can now buy everything from their apart from this
album especially when they have a track called
‘Wal-Mart Killed The Country Store’.
Can’t see that going down well with the
company, as for the song it’s a pure guitar
driven song that doesn’t really go anywhere.
When you first listen to ‘The Whole Fam
Damnily’ to start with you will be thinking
what the hell is this, then after a few songs
you will find it fun and random but by the end
of the album you would of had your enjoyment and
will most probably not want to listen to the album
again as it has a novelty factor but a real short
one at that, you will like the fast slide guitar
techniques, pots and pans bashing and hillbilly
vocals for a while but once the novelty has worn
off this album will be no use to you.
2.5/5
Review by Trigger |
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The Rev. Peyton (National Guitar,
Flat Top Gibson)
Washboard Breezy Peyton (Washboard)
Jayme Peyton (Drums) |
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1. Can't Pay The Bill
2. Mama's Fried Potatoes
3. Worn Out Shoe
4. DT's Or The Devil
5. Your Cousin's On Cops
6. John Hughes
7. Creeks Are All Bad
8. Them Old Days Are Gone
9. Wal-Mart Killed The Country Store
10. I'd Love You Baby
11. Why Is Everybody Getting Paid But Me
12. What's Mine Is Yours
13. Persimmon Song |
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Score Code |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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