Indie, Americana, guitar rock with thoughtful sincere lyrics. A passionate delight from the belly if the Midwest.

13 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Roots Rock, COUNTRY: Modern Country



Details:
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...An exceptional slice of rootsy rock. Vocalist Raphael Maurice's voice sounds sweetly strained, especially on the gut-bucket rock numbers. The lyrics recall alt-country grit as well, such as when Maurice sings, "You and me, baby/Got a lot of drinkin' to do." But the sounds are more '80s rock -- no, the other '80s rock, that thread that bound the Replacements to Springsteen, a thread of passion and pure rock guitar."
Jordan Harper,Riverfront Times, St. Louis, MO

"An astonishing debut from a St. Louis band -- the singer/guitarist/ songwriter, Raphael Maurice, sounds a lot like a young Rod Stewart on this track. Other critics have compared him with Jeff Tweedy (as if Jeff Tweedy were the only singer alive to cultivate a nicotine rasp!), but I think he's more like a cross between a
young Rod-while-still-mod and Paul Westerberg."
Rene Saller,88.1 KDHX,
St. Louis, MO

"This CD is easily one of the best locally produced CDs I have heard over the last two years; it also gives many national releases a run for their money...His lyrics speak the tragedy of the Faulkner South and the hilarity (perhaps with
hindsight) of youth's mistakes."
Jim Dunn, Playback Magazine,
St. Louis, MO