{"id":5432,"date":"2019-05-19T05:00:26","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T05:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=5432"},"modified":"2019-05-19T00:01:29","modified_gmt":"2019-05-19T00:01:29","slug":"vandoliers-forever-bloodshot-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=5432","title":{"rendered":"Vandoliers – Forever (Bloodshot Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u2018Forever\u2019 is the new album from alt-country rebels Vandoliers. Following their first two albums \u2018Ameri-Kinda\u2019 (2016) and \u2018The Native\u2019 (2017), \u2018Forever\u2019 is their first record to be released through Bloodshot Records.<\/p>\n

Hailing from Dallas, Vandoliers are among the new wave of country music coming out of Texas. Blending classic country styles with triumphant and punchy punk rock, the band soaks up many of the subgenres that surround them. If you want blues, country, rock \u2018n\u2019 roll and a touch of cowpunk and Tejano, this album has it all.<\/p>\n

The album kicks off with \u2018Miles and Miles\u2019, and steeped in country fiddle the song offers that typically American sound of roadworn weariness, a theme that can be found throughout, such as in \u2018Sixteen Years\u2019 and \u2018Nowhere Fast\u2019, with the added interest of Tejano sounds that are made full use of throughout. If you\u2019re expecting a record full of lyrics about spit, sawdust, fist-fights and lonesome nights, you won\u2019t be disappointed. While some songs, such as \u2018Troublemaker\u2019 are forceful, unapologetically raucous numbers, songs such as \u2018Fallen Again\u2019 and \u2018Cigarettes in the Rain\u2019 offer a more introspective theme.<\/p>\n

The album consistently lies on the edge of a well-produced chaos. And while the slick production represents a very modern band, (just listen to the harmonies and melodies of the poppy \u2018All on Black\u2019) the songwriting and wide array of instruments ensure that the record crashes energetically from one song to the next. It rarely lets up. \u2018Shoshone Rose\u2019 manages to combine a lot of it into one song \u2013 from an opening reminiscent of ZZ Top\u2019s \u2018Rhythmeen\u2019, it tumbles effortlessly into something both country and pop.<\/p>\n

\u2018Forever\u2019 is a confident and boastful album mixing classic Americana with modern, full production. The country sounds, punk attitude and anthemic choruses places Vandoliers somewhere between Social Distortion, Rank and File and the Dropkick Murphys, and fans of any of these would certainly find something to enjoy here.<\/p>\n

Author: Craggy Collyde<\/p>\n

Buy ‘Forever’: Here<\/a><\/p>\n