Deer Tick - Born On Flag Day
Deer Tick (the oddest named band on my list this year) are a group of southern sounding sojourners (they're from Rhode Island) who ironically provide listeners with an authentic, down-home, country-roots, folk-rock sound (throw in a dash of roadhouse blues while you're at it).
Lead singer John McCauley sounds decades older than his early 20's reality. His voice reminds you of a road-weary boozing hitchhiker looking to punch you in the face, steal your cash & spit on your penny loafers without thinking twice (was that a stretch?).
Born On Flag Day, Deer Tick's second album, plays out as a raw and twangy stroll back to your home town bar after an absence in the City. For all it's raucous disposition, Flag Day, like albums from peers of Deer Tick, has moments of pure heartbreak & intimate emotion. Deer Tick by no means have lost their folkie roots on display from their 2007 debut, War Elephant. Song About A Man sounds as if it was recorded in one take in McCauley's bedroom during a round of beers & tears:
I've got a restless old woman standing by my side
She cannot wait for the finer things in life
She waited all this time so I suppose she has the right
But I drank away all the things I could provide
Born On Flag Day can be listened to & enjoyed in a myriad of ways - one could quite possibly partake in it's twangy charm on a warm summer night with a bottle of beer - but I'm just saying.
Standout track - #1, Easy
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