LUCERO
this song is from their album TENNESSEE which hit waaaaaaaay back in 2002 but i have just recently gotten my hands on it. the(full length of originals)follow up, NOBODY'S DARLINGS(2005 liberty&lament) is better still...yet my favorite so far seems to be something called the ATTIC TAPES i dont know enough about this band yet to make comparisons but i do know when something rocks and well....
think wilco for sure, but without the pill addiction and manic depression of jeff tweedy and add the absolute no holds barred drunkeness of jim morrison with none of the stage presence or overly poetic personality...a few songs that stand out to me are obviously the one you just heard, my best girl...(mostly cause its a little too close to home being that its all about a man who loves his guitar more than his girl...) and KISS THE BOTTLE. youve heard kiss the bottle before, countless times im sure if youve spun the b side to BEST OF YOU (foo, der) or maybe youve heard jawbreaker do it..(its theirs originally) but ben nichols(vox/guit) puts just that much more soul into it...kinda puts you over the edge if the love of your life just drank himself to death....fo real.oh, and they are from Tennessee...but not as bluegrassy as OLD CROW...hard to describe....
i got into this band one random evening as i went to meet the boy's friends for the first time....i walk in the door and there is obvious screaming of lyrics coming from the kitchen area where everyone had gathered....but i did not recognize them...GASP!!! i had never heard it before, but felt the energy immediately...so i ask around, find out the band being worshipped this evening was LUCERO....i made a mental note to buy the record because i loved it already....didnt have to. i talked enough about it, and listened to the boy's 7 inch of my best girl b/w kiss the bottle and was more than hooked...flash forward to today, dug my hoodie out of the closet, where its been due to very spring like conditions in flag, stuck my hand in the pocket---and there was the disc...with a lovely note 'i know you dig this, spin it.' from the boy...tell me he's not amazing...
better yet, give these fags a listen, and tell me THEY are not amazing. i triple dog dare you..
new album from them due soon...i just dont know when.
www.luceromusic.com
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