Castanets
Texas Rose, The Thaw, & The Beasts
Asthmatic Kitty; 2009
I severely wish that indie rock would behind its so-trendy-it’s-almost-passé affection with classic country music. While I fully understand that bands are desirous to locate singer-songwriters from outside their familiar, well-mined milieu of choices, but I’m not sure if I can stand to hear yet another random twenty-something belt out tales of supposedly forlorn woe much longer. Honestly, it takes more than a crusty acoustic guitar, overly weary vocals, and a meandering pedal steel floating through the background to effectively recreate the sounds of Hank Williams, Sr., George Jones, and other old souls. If you’re going to pay appropriate homage to that treasured genre, at least do so with the care, concern, and willingness to re-imagine it for the present age as employed by Raymond Raposa and Castanets.
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