- THE weight - are men

by Rory Carroll on Wed, 2008/08/13 - 12:09am
Released: Mon, 2008/08/11 on The Colonel records
ARTROCKER RATING:

Brothers and sisters lock up your cousins because country’s coming to town and it’s going to get awkward. That’s right, The Weight are ridin’ into this quiet little ’burb to steal your women, drink your beer and maybe – just maybe – convince you to part with some hard-earned honk and buy their album. Upon listening to ‘Are Men’, several thoughts occur: 1) the lead singer occasionally sounds like Bobcat Goldthwaite; 2) there aren’t nearly as many band members as the cover art would lead you to believe; and 3) even though this is a traditional country album, there isn’t a single mention of a gun rack or a bar fight. Shame really.

this is as much a country-rock block party album as it is a nod to the likes of Gram Parsons...

 

This is, however, the only disappointment you will experience whilst listing to this LP and The Weight have ensured that all the classic country ingredients are present without overplaying their hand and pandering to calls for the inclusion of hillbilly stereotypes.

The songs are all the richer for it, and the tales of love, loss, and good ol’ times with your friends are set to a perfect backdrop of pedal steel guitars and catchy, carefully woven melodies. The band freely admit that ‘Are Men’ is as much a country-rock block party album as it is a nod to the likes of Gram Parsons and The Flying Burrito Brothers, but given the current state of country music across the pond I’ll settle for that any day. The Weight

    Post new comment

    The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
References to Artrocker refer to content created before 21st October 2011 and are to be considered archived in light of the trademark registration of 'Artrocker'.

MORE STORIES ABOUT

Rabbit, Rabbit All Day Long...

Top 5 Downloads

  • Bully For You

    Gorgeous Bully From: Plymouth, United Kingdom The more sanitised, synthetic and computerised mainstream music becomes the more the discerning music lover yearns for something a little more...

  • Johan Reinhold - Shoot Me Down Remix EP

    Having already garnered quite a following in his native Sweden, Johan Reinhold is introducing himself to our ears with his indie-electro-pop sensibilities in the form of a remix EP. Music after the...

  • Corpse Lights: A Curdled Churn

    Woe betide any unfortunate soul who suddenly has a flash of inspiration and records one of the most brilliant songs of the year in mid-December: it simply won’t even get heard amongst all...

  • The King Khan Experience

    I Love The Way You Howl King Khan recently retired The Shrines and The BBQ Show and started a new project – The King Khan Experience. He’s been getting compared to Jimi Hendrix his...

  • Secret Diaries: Parcel Delivery

    Secret Diaries have one of those supremely satisfying band names that make you wonder why no-one has thought of it before. I love it when that happens. And speaking of ‘supremely...
More MP3s

Have You Read?

  • Immoral

    immoral2.jpegLewis Hingston profiles Immoral, who sound like early 90s punk rock a la Bad Religion, right down to the buzzy bee guitars.

  • Artrocker.com top 20 records of 2007

    20.jpgHere's our favourite records of 2007. Compiled after many late night fist fights and shouting matches. Check out these bands - we guarantee you'll love each and every one of them.

  • The James Dean Syndrome - What's that sound?

    The James Dean Syndrome may just be the UK’s answer to White Denim. Not that White Denim are a question or a problem, far from it. I mean that they sound like them. Which I think it is a...

Photos

  • In Pictures: FOE

    Photos from a recent FOE gig - a friend of our friends Hold Your Horse Is - she’s gonna be big!!! Read the gig review after the jump.

  • In Pictures: Avett Brothers

    Shots of North Carolina’s folk-rocking Avett Brothers’ stop in Glasgow - 22.08.11 Read the review of the gig here.

  • In Pictures: Latitude Festival 2011

    Take a look at the acts and art on offer at this year’s Latitude Festival in Suffolk. Included are the likes of Fight Like Apes, Lykke Li, Sea of Bees and Seasick Steve. Photos from our own...

  • In Pictures: Bad Guys at the Old Blue Last

    Good time with Bad Guys. Photos from the May 29th gig at the Old Blue Last. Read the review by the Bad Guy himself, Stuart London after the jump.  

  • In Pictures: White Lies and Crocodiles at Shepherd's Bush Empire

    Artrocker.com exclusive: for fans of White Lies and Crocodiles we’ve got some fresh pictures from their UK show at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire earlier this month, courtesy of Alessandro...

Blogs