Dear readers, I must come clean. I can't be fully objective about this. Someone I know produced it. Someone I know used to be in this band. We almost rented a van from the label. But fuck it. I'll try.

It sounds like ZZ TOP / CLUTCH inspired boogie with the vocalist from THE CHILD MOLESTERS, who sounded a lot like CAPTAIN BEEFHEART (I believe some of the MOLESTERS played with the CAPTAIN and / or ZAPPA). Anyways, this sounds a lot like THE CHILD MOLESTERS if they had stopped trying to insult people and decided to just admit they liked ZZ TOP. Do I like it? Fuck yeah! A lot more than I thought I would. Now I feel lame for skipping their gigs. Seriously, I was always bummed out by the band name. It just spoke of dullsville stoner rock and this is just straight-up boogie. It's good boogie with none of that CANNED HEAT shit. Well, the HEAT was good with JOHN LEE HOOKER but sucked beyond that.

I can't say that I would last an entire show. I get bored easily. No matter how good the band is, they gotta entertain me. I want more than some dudes just jamming. I'm a jaded fuck, what can I say? But, I can tell you that I will pack this when I go out of town for good tunes to hear while riding along the asphalt. This is some serious "I hate everyone in this van and I just want to look out the window at the scenery and watch Americana pass me by" shit. Even if "The Mystery Spot" is bogus as bogus can be, I went to several of those motherfuckers as a kid and thought they were always weak as piss. Speaking of piss, this review is over.

- Two Tub Tony

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