Artist: Dead Rock West
Album: Honey and Salt
Label: Populuxe
Rating: 8 out of 10
Los Angeles Alt-Country rockers, Dead Rock West's debut disc on Populuxe Records is an Americana masterpiece. Described by the press as "X meets Wilco," "Honey and Salt" picks up where L.A. legends, X left off.
"Highway 1," the albums first single sounds like it walked right out of a movie, giving you the feeling that you've heard the song before (which is a good thing).
"Honey and Salt" boasts four singles: "Highway 1," "Don't Worry About Me," "Going Home," and ""I Really Wanted You." Each cut packs a down-home whallop. In this day and age, it's rare to find an album with one good single, let alone four. The non-singles are pretty killer as well.
"Boredom is driving me to drink," singer Frank Lee Drennen yodels in "Boredom (How Did I Get Here," a country-influenced crooner that would fit right in on the jukebox at a Greasy Spoon in a Appalachia.
Franks vocals are perfectly harmonized by co-lead singer, Cindy Wassermun, and his band of local celebrities: members of Dead Rock West have toured and/or recorded with Abandoned Pools, John Doe of X, Rod Stewart, Tracy Chapman, and Social Distortion.
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from "Honey and Salt"
by Dead Rock West
Populuxe Records
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