Customer Reviews

Kick Up the Dust

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I'm not great at putting opinions into words so this will be brief. This album is utterly amazing. Very emotional and biting, not in an "Emo" sense like Sunny Day Real Estate but Hank Williams/Jeffrey Lee Pierce Emo. Immerse yourself now.

I like Black Mountain and Pink Mountaintops, so I gave this a try as I know there are some overlapping members in all three bands. This CD quickly rose to the top of my list of favorite recordings of 2007, and I am still listening to it frequently. They captured a moment here...it's got the nihilism of Cormac Mcarthys Novel, which the band took as their moniker, but it's also got great inspired guitar and a refreshing attitude of rebellion. But basically it's got a bunch of great songs. I can't recommend it enough.

It is quite amusing to read the above editorial review and find Kick Up the Dust compared with masterpieces like The Gun Club's Fire of Love, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' Tender Prey and Neil Young's On the Beach. This album is in fact nowhere close to those great works. This album is quite forgettable and sounds like wanna-be alt-country. Not to mention the singer's voice sounds similar to Conor Oberst's which I find to be very annoying. The lyrics and horrible as well. If you want indie-cred, buying this album will probably make you seem cool. If you want good music and songs, stay away from this one.