I
only have two notes about this album because that is all that it needs.
I
haven’t really been paying attention to Victory Records for some time, but it
seems like when their bands get big they have some sort of legal troubles and
then leave the label. I’m not sure what
it’s all about or if I should even care, but I’m pretty sure that the last
album I actually remember liking from Victory was by Bayside.
By
releasing music by Reverend Horton Heat, Victory is doing the smart thing of
tapping into an established band that has a following already and is certain to
sell some CDs. This is no new thing for
Victory, though, as they’ve been doing this since… Well, they picked up Voodoo
Glow Skulls back in the day.
All
that label nonsense aside, this album is as good as ever and I’m still a fan of
Reverend Horton Heat, and why wouldn’t I be?
The rockabilly punk blend came to fame in my youth, when ska was cool,
so needless to say this is something I am more than familiar with.
The
moral of this story is something along the lines of “love the band first,
consider the label second” or… I don’t know.
Victory Records will always be a mixed bag of tricks, but the Reverend
will always rock.
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