The Infamous Stringduster's new self titled CD is amazing. If you like fast "in your face" bluegrass, with the sweet traditional sound, you will love this album. It's classic yet new, unique yet refreshingly familiar. This group of talented musicians knew exactly what they were doing when they put together this record of newly recorded material. It will have you moving from the beginning.
One cool thing about The Infamous Stringdusters is that there are actually three lead singers. They all take turns sharing the stage and this lets each of them have a chance to shine.
This record has a great mixture of slower songs and well as the faster bluegrass style that fans have grown to love. If you're looking for an instrumental, you'll get that as well. All the the "Dusters" had a part in producing their new record, but they also had the help of fellow singer, songwriter, producer Tim O'Brien. From the look of all the pictures throughout the album cover, they appear to have had a great time making this project come to life.
Travis Book takes the lead vocals on "Bound For Tennessee." This is one of the perfect slow tunes that I mentioned earlier. It will hit a nerve on anyone who hears it. He's in love with a girl, but like so many people, he doesn't know how to tell her. After wasting countless times, he winds up moving on with life and heading to Tennessee. This happens in so many different situations where people just will not express how they truly feel. If you're looking for a song that everyone can relate to, this is it.
Speeding things back up, "You Can't Handle the Truth" is a great track about a love gone wrong. Sometimes when things end badly, some people can't handle the real reason why things went sour. Well, that's the case in this song, but Jeremy Garrett tells her like it is and sets the scene just fine.
Release Date: June 10, 2008 - Sugarhill Records
Track List:
- Won't Be Coming Back
- Well, Well
- When Silence Is the Only Sound
- Bound for Tennessee
- Glass Elevator
- Three Days in July
- Way I See You Now
- Golden Ticket
- I Wonder
- Get It While You Can
- You Can't Handle the Truth
- Lovin' You
- Black Rock
