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On its third long player, Boxcar Satan continues to defy
expectations and expands its already diverse sonic palette by ornamenting
its noisy, post-punk take on pre-war blues with touches of Cajun music,
gospel and even tasteful prog. Honing their songs with a newfound melodicism
and complexity, the Boxcars spin tales of train-wreck lives, bandit
queens and carnival freakshow stars. And their take on the Depression-era
song "How
Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?" seems all too appropriate
in the current political environment.
Recorded after the addition of
former Worm, 1.0 and Shit City Dreamgirls drummer Ken Robinson, we
defy you to
find one clunker amid the 16 tracks here.
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