“I could never pretend that I don’t love you, you could never pretend that I’m not your man, it’s exactly the way that I want it, it’s exactly the way that I am.“
I’ll be honest, I haven’t heard such a poetically honest lyric on love since “I’m not saying you treated me unkind, but you just wasted my precious time” from Dylan.
It would be very easy to compare this exciting gritty folk band to Mumford & Sons given their recent huge success with break neck speed pop folk. But Im not going to. So there.
‘Wait So Long‘ Trampled By Turtles from their debut album Palomino is a train on fire heading toward a raveen with a fella full of regret but not fear. It has the wisdom of Willie Nelson and the energy of the whole of Minnesota.
The finest part of this song is that not only has it kept the grit and dirt of it’s roots keeping it timeless and honest, but it’s modest in it’s effort. Even it’s over blown cacophony of strings cannot drown out the catchiest sung country chorus of the year.
This Minnesotan quintet will surely go far.
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Post by T. R Wicks
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