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Track Listing
1. Easy
2. Little White Lies
3. Smith Hill
4. Song About a Man
5. Houston Tx
6. Straight Into a Storm
7. Friday XIII
8. Ghost, The
9. Hell On Earth
10. Stung - (featuring Ari Schenck/Sine Jensen/Caleb Stine/Liz Isenberg)
Album Notes
Deer Tick: John McCauley III (vocals, guitar); Andrew Tobiassen (guitar); Chris Ryan (bass instrument, bass guitar); Dennis Ryan (drums, background vocals).
More focused than its predecessor, WAR ELEPHANT, Deer Tick's BORN ON FLAG DAY is comprised of ten songs in the straight-up stylings of indie rock and Americana. Vocalist John Joseph McCauley III's singing is still raspy (like a down-home version of Axl Rose) but here, he and his crew flesh out their woodsy sensibilities with a larger scope. The sound is bigger, and the hooks are more palpable. By sacrificing grit, some of the charm that made the debut a success is lost along the way, but the sleeker production is only a minor setback. Even with a heavy helping of spiteful, desperate lyrics delivered straight from the bottom of the bottle, the sparkling production makes Deer Tick seem like a likely crossover to the mainstream, specifically those who love a more mature, NPR sound.
Industry Reviews
3.5 stars out of 5 -- [T]he dysfunctional-love duet 'Friday XIII' and a boozy version of the singalong suicide threat 'Goodnight, Irene' suggest that well-composed misery still loves company.
[They are] deft revivalists of 'country' in all its forms....Their second album delivers doses of pop buoyancy...
CMJ Their raw sound seamlessly meshes a Johnny Cash version of country-blues with Deer Tick's own Northeastern-bred style of folksy rock 'n' roll.
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