
HIGH VOLTAGE (From left) Dave Bryson, Chris Masterson, Jay Farrar, Andrew Duplantis, and Mark Spencer
J.Wagner & S.Waugh
Credits
B-
After two albums of musical expansion, Son Volt's retreat to their traditional country-folk motif winds up coming across as listless and a little bored. Jay Farrar's nasal drone often sounds stranded on stage all alone, which helps his frequently cumbersome lyrics (''More ways to buy trouble/Than a bail bondsman finds friends in jail'')...well, not at all. So while the songs that sizzle on American Central Dust ''Down to the Wire,'' ''When the Wheels Don't Move'' are of vintage stock, be prepared to sift through some monotonous meandering to find them. B–
Download This: Listen to the song Down to the Wire on the band's MySpace
Posted Jul 08, 2009
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