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Reviews
“...Warm and vintage-sounding, Girls, Cars and Smoke-Filled Bars
is characterized by spry strumming, rollicking backbeat, and quaint, layered
vocals. The highlight is ‘Phone Call From Texas,’ a locomotive,
trombone-infused throwback that would be right at home on the O Brother,
Where Art Thou? soundtrack.”
-Jason Bracelin, Scene Magazine, June 2003
“...their sound will often have you smiling to the point of chuckling.
Something about a fast, twangy electric guitar coupled with twangy male
voices and tight harmonies...” (full
review)
-Les Reynolds, Indie-Music.com, April 2004
"...By turns irreverent and nostalgic, the Cowboys' wit is almost as sizable as their Buick-sized belt buckles...on its latest LP, Atomic Horsepower, they mostly come with foot-stompin,' fiddle-inflected rural swing made for the jukebox in a workingman's bar. But then they also turn the Stones' "Honky Tonk Woman" into square-dance music... It's a fresh take on an aged sound. The only thing predictable about this batch of hard-luck, harder-drinkin' tunes is the hangover that's sure to follow.
-Jason Bracelin, Scene Magazine, May 2005
“The horn gives it diversity,” says Verhoef. “I never hear any kind of brass on a twang record.” The diversity is one of the albums many strengths. Alternately serious and tongue-in-cheek, the lyrics veer from accounts of drunken escapades to sexual innuendoes that are as clever as they are offensive.”
-Jeff Niesel, Free Times, May, 2005
Alternative Country Rockers Cap Gun Cowboys deliver an edgy album with mostly originals. "Bible Belt" is a fast rocker a la Ramones plus prominent trombone. Many songs qualify as honky tonk but it's not your '50s or '60s retro style music, instead you'll find a Rock beat and unusual sound of the before mentioned trombone mixed into this contemporary and youthful roots music mix. "Mean" has a Rockabilly-Punk flair, "Last Call" reminds me of the Pogues with its beer drinkin' polka music sound. Check out the opener "Get What You Pay For" with its witty lyrics and hard driving rhythm sto get an idea what this quartet from Ohio is all about. Interesting looking artwork.
-Gaby Maag-Bristol, Blue Suede News #72, Fall 2005