Apocalyptic Appalachian hillbilly grunge. Dave Eugene Edwards chortles like an itinerant Southern Pentecostal preacher caterwauling messages of mercy and hellfire. If you need a comparison, you might find a fraction in some of the more pseudo-country songs by the Violent Femmes like "Country Death Song," or in the quirky folk work by The Horseflies. But, frankly, Sixteen Horsepower have a spine tingling sound without peer. It's been a long time since I've heard a band this freshly exciting and thoroughly stimulating. Yee Haw!
Taste and see the Lord is good
Let's bend our knees like we know we should
We can't see clear - our eyes are made of wood
Taste and see boy that the Lord is good.
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Other coverage for this album
The Phantom Tollbooth 1997Reviewed by Josh SpencerAsk anyone who knows me well what style of music I hate most, and "country" is likely to come up. I joke around, saying it's "straight from the pit of hell" (which is funny since I'm a death metal fan!). And now along comes this newest album by Sixteen Horsepower--one of the new breed of alt.country bands, one that actually seems to be hunched over at the edge of hell, kicking hot coals with…The Phantom Tollbooth 1997Reviewed by James StewartAll my love Well it is madness Freely given to you folks with gladness I will not live and die -- no not by the sword I am weak without the joy of the Lord (from "For Heaven's Sake") Very few bands have been raved about by the staff of the Tollbooth like this one. I've been hearing their name for the past year, and the time has now come to devote some serious coverage to them. "Gothic country"…Similar sounding releases
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