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Album Details

• Artist: American Catapult
• Album: Trees of Mystery
• Label: Further South
• Year of Release: 2005
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• Reviewed by: patchen on 2006-07-04

While yes, American Catapult are an alt-country band that sings of loneliness, desperation, and big open empty spaces, Guitarist/vocalist Tom Townsend and company keep it real and fresh by adding their own touches. As the good drinker knows, some of the widest and loneliest places are inside as well as out, and the mumbled lyrics and jangly guitars evoke some of the best explorers of this terrain. Rockers like "Easily Distracted," "Avarice," warn of danger and point to the way out. Like early REM, these songs are vague enough that you hear what you want to hear, but still be taken where the band is steering you. American Catapult is a good alt-country band giving you the past and present in the same chord progression; American Catapult knows its heroes, and is on the road seeking new ones to pass on.

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