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ROAD TRIP
Please Disturb
Self Release
www.roadtripband.com
It seems that whenever my band plays out of town there's a poster for an upcoming appearance by the band Road Trip, and a club owner proud to
have them playing.. For many years, Oshkosh's Road Trip has been the ultimate working class bar band, belting out anthemic rockers in that inmitible bass/drums/two guitars/hammond organ sound. So can the original
tunes from their latest release, "Please Disturb", stack up to the cover tunes they play so well? Yes. The CD opens with "Two Days", a "Hard to Handle" style rave up, and offers many
joys from there, such as the catchy verse of their song "Icarus", the lyrics "Felt the whisky kicking in/I don't think I'll ever win" from "Dog", some nicely done blue-collar balladry
in "Piece of Hell", and a catchy piece of punk fluff about a cat with two teeth named "Murry". The production puts the vocals and guitars out front, but doesn't sacrifice the rhythm section to do
so, the vocals are well sung and feature some nice harmonizing. Altogether an enjoyable rocker from a very popular Wisconsin band.
Scott Olson
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