Barefoot & Pregnant

Hammerlock
Steel Cage Records
General | Jul 2008

Reviews

Gears
Reviewed 2008-12-02
Good old rawk and rall! I guess the front cover image of the bass player/vocalist holding a shotgun while showing off her pregnant belly says it all: either these guys are huge rednecks or they really really wish they were. I guess coming from San Francisco probably points to the latter. Still the music is fucking awesome, totally dominated by Travis Kenney's thunderous bellow on top of simple three-chord guitar progressions. I don't get most of the lyrics (my racial handicap) but sounds like mostly about living like white trash. Basically (and I quote this from allmusic) think of this as a blend of Motorhead, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Black Flag. All songs pretty similar.

Picks: 6,2,3,11,12,8,14 *** FCCs: 5 ***

1. “go west” sample speech intro to zepplin/acdc mix of rock and roll
*2. hell yeah! builds up to a thumping arena rocker
*3. cowbell throughout, more country feeling, pretty upbeat
4. naughty lyrics (though I think no FCCs), faster, uptempo, more motorhead style
5. FCC “shit” sung multiple times, quite nice and bluesy otherwise
**6. excellent country song cover, uptempo, upbeat, punky, great!
7. bluesy (more so at least), with some rocking outbursts
*8. more upbeat, old school rock and roll
9. another country song cover, more downtempo
10. fast tempo, bill haley and the comets style
*11. one more country song cover, again uptempo, good
*12. again cowbells, nice guitar, “let it ride!”
13. nice guitar riffing at intro, more subdued, almost sentimental (?)
*14. sounds like another cover, again upbeat, danceable, hell yeah!
15. bluesy piece, about leaving california (?)

Recent airplay

Whiskey Rebel
Colorado Mountain Goat
Scatterbrain RadioJan 31, 2009
Tie Me Down
Hand Wash in ColeslawJan 28, 2009
Nothing To Lose
The Twilight ZoneJan 25, 2009
Good Hearted Woman
orangeasmJan 23, 2009
Let It Ride
A2ZJan 22, 2009

Charting

2008-12-07 — 2009-02-08
Week EndingAirplays
Feb 1 4
Jan 25 2
Jan 18 1
Jan 11 1
Dec 28 1
Dec 14 2

Track listing

1. Riding For The Brand
2. Colorado Mountain Goat
3. Nothing To Lose
4. Tie Me Down
5. I Don't Owe You Shit
6. Good Hearted Woman
7. White Male
8. Walking With You
9. Long Haired Country Boy
10. Whiskey Rebel
11. Jealous Loving Heart
12. Let It Ride
13. The Devil Just Called My Name
14. I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink
15. Blue Highway