Horseshoes and Hand Grenades is Trent Summar and the New Row Mob's sophomore release and was produced by Rand Bishop and Steve Bloch. It's an eleven song collection with songwriters including: Trent Summar, Gary Nicholson, Jay Knowles, Michael Granda, and Kostas. One thing is certain - Trent and the band have not lost their magical touch. This is a superb album.
"Supposed To Do" is a slow song about a man who is going through the pain of a woman leaving him. He says he could point fingers or punch holes in the wall but "Honestly when it comes to me losing you, I got no one to blame but myself." He knows it wouldn't do much good to blame anyone or anything but himself and he realizes that feeling the pain is normal when it comes to situations like this. Along the same lines as "Supposed To Do," only upbeat, is "Really Never Loved Her Anyway." If you find yourself pain-free after a breakup then that's a sure sign your feelings weren't as sincere as you lead yourself to believe. "Yeah, I never really loved her anyway" is what Trent says at the end.
Trent loves recalling the times he shared with a lady on her "Pink John Deer," which was fully equipped with fuzzy dice and a cooler full of beer. "I worked the pedals but she liked to steer," he sings. Even the crops knew something was different about the woman with the custom-painted tractor.
Another "re-make" of sorts is "She Knows What To Do With A Saturday Night." If it sounds familiar to you, maybe you've heard it most recently on Billy Currington's Doin' Something Right album. The final cover song on the album is the George Jones classic "He Stopped Loving Her Today," only this time there's a punk / ska influence on most of the chorus before changing back to a hardcore honky tonk country sound.
When it comes to Trent Summar and the New Row Mob, you are always in for some great tunes. It's hard to believe six years have passed since they put out an album full of new music, but I'm glad they did. Hopefully fans won't have to wait as long for new material from this great group, because they really know how to make some kickin' music.
Song List:
- Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
- Love You
- Guys Like Me
- She Knows What To Do (With A Saturday Night)
- Supposed To Do
- Hayride
- Louisville Nashville Line
- Really Never Loved Her Anyway
- Pink John Deere
- He Stopped Loving Her Today
- Girl From Tennessee