With an album that takes its title from a line in Woody Guthrie's Pastures Of Plenty, this dusty duo from San Diego give due notice that they come fully immersed in America's folk-blues heritage.
From California To The Crossroads to A Hobo Knows, their fan-funded sophomore release is essentially a set of ten travelling songs written on and about a five month trip through Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Tennessee.
They keep things simple with the Joplin-esque singing come screeching of Christy Barrett getting some rudimentary backing by Ryan Schilling on harmonica, guitar and back-up vocals.
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It's an admirably no frills approach but they seem to take all their ideas from traditional , and therefore predictable, sources rather than drawing from personal experience.
As such, what promises more turns out to be nothing much to write home about.
Triumph Of The Wild's website
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