Neko Case & Her Boyfriends - The Virginian
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Music CD Cover Artist: Neko Case & Her Boyfriends Edition: Music CD CD Release Date: 1998-02-10 Music Label: Bloodshot Records Soundtracks:
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Free Music Notes for The Virginian Album
Free Music Review: Caught between country and cowpunk
Hit: 3 Stars
What would you get if you crossed Shania Twain with a chainsaw?Not quite Neko Case. She knows better than to start a song with "Cool!!" and though her sound is brash, it won't leave gashes. Still, this is a frustrating album.
Take the first song, "Timber." It's an energetic start, but even taking the intentional slides into account, the singing is just plain sloppy. That's true on too many numbers. Neko Case has a formidable set of pipes, but that makes wandering pitch and lack of subtlety all the more obvious. And while these qualities may be virtues in punk, they're definitely not in country. The best country singers -- including the honky-tonkers and rockabillies -- sing in tune and have a strong sense of phrase.
Then there's the band -- her Boyfriends. While they aren't by any means incompetent, the sound is muddy, metallic, and not quite from any known genre. Country? Rockabilly? Rock and Roll? The Ventures maybe? I don't know, and I don't think they do either.
In spite of all this, there's something here. Punk background notwithstanding, Neko Case seems genuinely to respect country. Some numbers -- a cover of "Bowling Green," for example -- work quite well. There's also some solid writing. "Lonely Old Lies" and the title track, an intriguing piece of non-Gospel, are good examples. But even with this material, my reaction was often that I'd like to hear it done by someone else. Or better yet, I'd like to hear it done by Neko Case, after she has worked on her chops and locked her Boyfriends in a room with some CDs from Austin or Bakersfield or, God knows, even Nashville.