Backed by a cast of notable Omaha sidemen Simon Joyner, Alex McManus and Chris Deden, Gray manages, like the groups named above, to sound ancient and modern at once. In other words, timeless. The growling menace of "Drink" is matched by the stunning "Rot Luck (Black Rat Snake)" which features a brilliant addition of banjo into a brooding swampy riff-fest. Feedback drives "The Brambling Broad Side"; betrayal and the Old Testament fuel the gathering violence of "You Have Me at a Disadvantage, Sir."
Salute to a great record and to a voice you can trust. Link Wray is spinning in his grave, but he is spinning on his hard-on.