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The Gourds have been relentlessly spewing up quality records that challenge the conventions of both country and pop music with equal parts earnestness and irreverence for over a decade. Bandleaders Kevin Russell and Jimmy Smith write hyper-literate songs that challenge even the most learned grad student while retaining enough "good old boy" idioms to placate the piss-drunk yahoo tapping his mirrored shades against the end of the bar. Their eighth full-length album, Heavy Ornamentals, doesn't stray far from the "juke joint in Samuel Clemens' brain" aesthetic that drove career highs like Stadium Blitzer and Ghosts of Hallelujah into alternative country hearts around the world. Recorded all analog in order to capture every note -- mistakes are left in to add to the authenticity -- Ornamentals is both their truest and most raw release in some time. Russell provides his usual mix of heartfelt Texas poetry -- try the achingly gorgeous "Our Patriarch" -- while Smith remains the well-read deviant opining on everything from gassy roommates to a local forecaster -- "Do you think it rains when my weather girl cries/I sh*t you not it's softball size." The Gourds are peerless avatars of pop culture, referencing everything from Schoolhouse Rock! ("Decline-O-Meter") to Star Trek ("Pick and Roll") -- in the latter, Smith announces, "Hey, your Romulan ale is flat," then manages to work in a reference to original Catwoman Eartha Kitt and an Empire Strike Back quote ("I thought they smelled bad on the outside"). By now, anyone who boarded the train with 1997's Dem's Good Beeble has a pretty high tolerance for the band's many eccentricities, and will likely give Heavy Ornamentals the two or three spins it requires to permeate their own gourds, but for those just getting on, a trip back in time may better prepare them for the wild ride ahead. ~ James Christopher Monger

Recording information: Industrial Oaks, Austin, TX (08/23/2005-09/09/2005).

The Gourds: Kevin Russell (vocals, guitar, mandolin); Jimmy Smith (vocals, guitar, bass instrument); Claude Bernard (vocals, accordion, keyboards); Michael Tonight, Max Johnston, Keith Langford.

Personnel: Kevin Russell (vocals, guitar, mandolin); Jimmy Smith (vocals, guitar); Max Johnston (vocals, lap steel guitar, resonator guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle); Claude Bernard (vocals, accordion, keyboards); Keith Langford (drums, percussion); Michael Tonight (background vocals).

Dirty Linen (p.83) - "[I]t puts the alt in alt-country with its musical dexterity on a multitude of instrumentals and the genres of music it fuses together."

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Category Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Alternative
Label Eleven Thirty
Orig Year 2006
All Time Product Rank 56,736
CD Universe Part number 6999850
Catalog number 7006
Discs 1
Release Date Jan 24, 2006
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Michael Crow; The Gourds; Michael Crow
Engineer Michael Crow; Ned Stewart
Personnel Jimmy Smith - vocals, guitar, bass instrument
Claude Bernard - vocals, accordion, keyboards
Max Johnston - vocals, lap steel guitar, resonator guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle
Keith Langford - drums, percussion
Kev " big daddy" Russell - vocals, guitar, mandolin
Michael Tonight - background vocals
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1Decline-O-Meter3:08 $0.99
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2Burn the Honeysuckle3:35 $0.99
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3Mister Betty2:52 $0.99
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4Shake the Chandelier4:21 $0.99
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5New Roomate4:17 $0.99
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6Hooky Junk4:43 $0.99
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7Weather Woman3:25 $0.99
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8Stab1:55 $0.99
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9Our Patriarch5:16 $0.99
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10Education Song3:09 $0.99
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11Collection's3:40 $0.99
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12Pill Bug Blues3:59 $0.99
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13Pick and Roll4:43 $0.99
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Excellent blend of musical instruments, voices, and lyrics...highly recommended.
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3 stars Could be their best effort...
Great new album! Check the reviews, see the live show...GREAT new Gourds!
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