After taking a hike in the wonderful outdoors, John McCauley discovered a deer tick on his scalp later that night. And ever since then his band has been named Deer Tick. Not to be confused with Deer Hunter or Deerhoof of coarse. John McCauley has a distinct voice in which you need for any folk-rock group to succeed. Almost sounding like a rough and tumble old cowboy he sings with heart and has the talent to become the next big folk singer/songwriter. Even if his voice is something to get used too. After you do get hooked there is no looking back.
The Black Dirt Sessions is an album that the broken can relate too. Always being down on your luck and never finding the path that your supposed to be on. Deer Tick soothes your broken heart with the single and best song on the album Twenty Miles. The single is a statement that Deer Tick has something more to offer then the average folk band. With the rough almost punk sounding voice of John McCauley this band can really go places along as they keep an eye on advancing. This album is a great step forward for the band. Though their earlier releases have had their moments The Black Dirt Sessions has the feel of an album almost reaching for a spot in the lime light. "Christ Jesus" the last song on the album is a song that those who reside in the dust can take to heart. The melodramatic tune makes your spine shiver with belief. As for the song "Mange" it brings you back to the country roots of such bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd, but has enough individuality to make it its own song. As the piano and guitars clash on the song it shows the band has potential to be more then just another dusty old folk band. Almost more of a Grateful Dead jam band feel to it. the album is consistence and worth a listen too if your into the genre. However it never really leaves the genre or bends its limits which is the only down fall to it.
Synopsis: Deer Tick crash into the music seen with a great album that almost reaches the bands full potential. As long as they keep this up they will be a folk band with a punk singer worth listening too. Check the single out and let me know what you think?
Score: 69
1- Listen from start to finish:14
2- Listen again within a week: 18
3- Originality: 10
4- Advancement:13
5- Buyers Remorse:14
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