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The Suicide Kings
The Suicide Kings
Blue Plate Music
I've listened to this CD 318 times and it's more fun every time I hear
it. I can't exactly put my finger on what I like best about this band.
Certainly Bruce Connole's been-there-done-that vocals can pull anybody
in, but there's something about the sum of this band's parts that keeps
me coming back for more. There's so much going on here that you don't
know whether to go two-stepping or rob a gas station. If Hank Williams,
Johnny Cash and Leonard Cohen started a band it might sound a little
like The Suicide Kings. The lyrics are a no-miss, cheeky, clever, poetic
and wry mix of poking fun at Christians, tongue in cheek cowboy philosophy
and dead serious global observations. The instrumentation: keyboards,
stand-up bass, drums and a guitar, are layered just so, for a sound
that runs off in loads of interesting directions so there's always something
new to listen to and there's just enough tragedy and twang to keep the
boys from being run out of Nashville where, apparently, they now hang
their hearts. I had a hell of a time picking my favorite cuts on the
album. I whittled it down to this:
Best driving song: "Hogtown Willie."
Best song to sing along to: "I Want To Live Forever."
Best song to inspire suicide: "Bottle and A Gun."
Best song for driving next to water on a sunny day: "Everything's Right."
Best song to listen to on your way to vote: "Thoughts Inside."
Best straight-up country song: "Even Hookers Say Goodbye."
Buy this CD now. Thank me later.
—The Vinyl Princess
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