Oh shit, here we go... Mississippi Bones
is back and taking names. The bands sophomore effort, ironically
titled "Tracks" is indeed 10 tracks of soulful, bluesy redneck metal
that this redneck finds as comforting as a shot of Jack and sip of
grandpa's cough medicine.
Having heard the bands self-titled debut
release a couple years back, and being floored by what I heard, when I stumbled
upon the bands new release on Bandcamp, I knew 2012 was
gonna be that much better. What I didn't know was that the
band consists of only 2 core members. Dusty Donley, who does the
guitars/programming and Jared Collins who handles the vocals/bass and
programing. I'm guessing the /programming means a drum machine??, I ask this
because this sounds like a full band and the drums DO NOT sound like a drum
machine.
Jared Collins voice is just cool, it's got
that Elvis after a couple peanut butter and banana sandwiches vibe to
it. Reminds me a bit of the front-man from Volbeat at
times. Full of soul and just enough grit to be perfect for this
kind-of Louisiana swamp (by way of Ohio) voodoo rock. Kjira
Robinson's backup vocals on four of the tracks really make the interplay between
the two shine, and adds even more soul to the groovy and fuzzy guitars. There's
not one bad track on "Tracks". Another "band" that should be heard, and
heard often.
~AdamW
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