Customer Reviews

The Wall Against Our Back

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All you holier than thou indie types out there can bag Amazon.com all you like, but for so many of us out here it can be a goldmine of things we never would have otherwise heard. Two Cow Garage are a classic example of that. The thread of how I came to them is now forgotten, but as I listen (again) to "the wall against our back" I am reminded of those moments in your life where you wouldn't trade your love of music for anything. Music that can put a soundtrack to feelings you sometimes can't even describe. Like the first time I heard the intensity of the Replacements, or Whiskeytown, or Husker Du and wished I was living in their town (or even their country) so I could see them play before they burnt out. Two Cow Garage will probably never play Perth, Western Australia, but hopefully one day I will get to the USA. After a drive all day in no particular direction, I'll pull into some no name town with some no name bar, and Two Cow Garage will be busy tearing the place a new one. The bastard offspring of Steve Earle and Rancid.And if any of you end up in outback Australia in similar circumstances, I hope the Drones are playing. Check out "Wait long by the river and the bodies of your enemies will float by".
The CD gets four stars because I think you should only award any CD five stars years down the track if you're still listening to it. Guess I'll get back to you.

If the demise of Uncle Tupelo left a hole in your heart that the Jayhawks, Old 97s and Ryan Adams have not managed to fill, your luck is about to change. Paint peelin', real dealin', roots rock n' roll, made in America. Short listed album in the "alt.country" tradition, with Uncle Tupelo, "No Depression," Nadine, "Downtown Saturday," Whiskeytown, "Faithless Street," and Slobberbone, "Everything You Thought Was Right." Get the disc, then grab your earplugs and get to a show.

This band rocks. Plain and simple. I don't know if it was the falling of the Berlin Wall and the consequential end of the Cold War that dampered rockin' almost to an end, but this is a new era, we have a new war, and now new leaders for the new era of Rock and Roll. Two guitars and a drum set, mix in some serious rockin' hard, and you have the cool, crisp, and refreshing sound of Two Cow. Rock almost died, but you, our saviors have come to resurrect the Rock! Thank you my friends, thank you more than you know.

Nirvana meets Uncle Tupelo is the best way I can describe this CD. It represents a remarkable improvement over their (very good) first CD. The disc definitely is more representative of the live show than that one as well. Excellent mix and production by one of the members of Slobberbone. Great in-your-face guitars and growling vocals. Every track is good, but the standouts are "Alphabet City", "135" and the opener, "My Concern". I can't imagine anyone who is a fan of rock or alt.country music not liking this CD. Go see them live at any cost!!

ok i will admit it, was a bit disappointed with this cd on the first listen. mainly because it didnt have the country focus (i thought at the time) that the classic first cd, gas, did. no "girl of my dreams" or "been so long". but with each listen it kept growing on me and is now one of my all time favorites. maybe a bit more alt than gas but the country is still there. along those lines, to me the stand out tracks are "burn in hell", "brand new july" and, of course, "bethlehem". micah really is amazing, fabulous vocals, song writing and lyrics through out. really glad they hooked up with the centro-matic crew, fantastic production by matt and wonderful piano by scott. then three came along and once again i was initially perplexed. same result. gotta love a band and song writer who keeps you guessing.

I've fell in love with both of two cows albums in the last 2 years. I've seen them live twice (once by accident at slobberbone's last concert.)These guys can rock. When i have seen them they were opening for two of the best alt/country/rock bands of all time, slobberbone and the bottle rockets. Their second album "the wall against out backs" is better written and alot better mixed than their first(which kicks ass also). 135 and Alphabet city will be lovingly stuck in ur head for days on end. I have alot of friends who only listen to nu metal and new pop country and they all like two cow alot. at their last concert they were nice enough to sit and talk with me and sign some cd's. you cant meet nicer musicians who really care about what they do. BUY BOTH THEIR CD'S IF YOU CAN AND AT ALL COSTS GO AND SEE THEM LIVE. YOU WILL FIND OUT (or remember)WHAT A REAL ROCK CONCERT FEELS LIKE.