TH' LEGENDARY SHACK SHAKERS - Swampblood

Yep Roc
Published September 6, 2007  by Keith Carman in Record Reviews

Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers are one of those bands people know more for their carnivalesque atmosphere and general mayhem than for their music. Hopefully the Bayou-on-acid atmosphere of Swampblood will alter this forever. While the band is still steeped in traditional rockabilly cavorting with religious (in a voodoo sense) overtones, boozy rock ’n’ roll and juke-joint blues as played by a jug band, Swampblood steps back from the over-the-top circus sideshow feel of previous efforts and actually produces some toe-tapping, listenable and enjoyable tunes. Haunting yet enticing and rockin’ without the use of typical 4/4 beats and three-chord anthems, Swampblood is as weird as it is wicked, as slick as it is sinister and sensational.



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