ROCKY VOTOLATO - The Brag & Cuss reviews
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| Silent Urpoar |
 The sixth LP from indie singer/songwriter Rocky Votolato finds him venturing out a bit from his previous releases, including 2006's Makers, to a place that's a little more country and a lot less rock and roll than his older work suggests. Interestingly, The Brag and Cuss is also the first time that Votolato has recorded with a full band, giving the album a much fuller sound than ever before. The album is anchored by both mid-tempo alt-country tunes such as "Lilly White," "Before You Were Born" and "Time Is Debt," as well as softer ballads like "The Wrong Side of Reno," "The Blue Rose," and "Whiskey Straight," the only song that hearkens back to Votolato's quieter days. ...full text |
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| AV Club |
| On Rocky Votolato's 2006 album Makers, the ex-punk entered the ranks of earnestly rootsy troubadours, delivering winning story-songs over minimal instrumentation. On his new record, The Brag & Cuss, Votolato expands his sound, attempting a laid-back country-rock style that has a lot in common with Stephen Stills' warm, catchy early-'70s albums. There are no shortage of likeable country-rock acts on the indie scene—indeed, a significant portion of The Brag & Cuss comes off as generic—but Votolato's raspy voice and full arrangements bring depth to lopers like "Lilly White" and "Before You Were Born," making this record charmingly earthbound....full text |
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| CokeMachineGlow |
| Rocky Votolato, like Jeff Tweedy and Ryan Adams before him, has always had the archetypical alt-country voice: grilled to a crisp and whiskey soured. Now it’s the musical chops of those predecessors that Votolato’s aiming for. Tweedy’s work in the seminal Uncle Tupelo and Adams’ Heartbreaker (2000) both weigh heavy on The Brag & Cuss, Votolato’s fifth solo album. It’s a rootsier, more country-influenced album than last year’s Makers, full of harmonica breaks and guitar licks as Southern as Colonel Sanders....full text |
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