{"id":8120,"date":"2013-02-25T17:15:23","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T00:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/?p=8120"},"modified":"2013-02-26T00:16:55","modified_gmt":"2013-02-26T07:16:55","slug":"country-music-to-help-you-get-over-country-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2013\/02\/25\/country-music-to-help-you-get-over-country-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Country music to help you get over Country music"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Beaumonts<\/b> Where Do You Want It<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Beaumonts<\/h1>\n

Where Do You Want It <\/i><\/h1>\n

from Saustex Media, 2013<\/b>
\nReview by Kent Manthie<\/b><\/p>\n

On this second of CDs by a quintet from Lubbock, Texas\u2019s, The Beaumonts, entitled Where Do You Want It<\/i> we get a follow-up from their debut as The Beaumonts \u201ccontinue to right the wrongs of the recent musical past…\u201d (from the promo bio sheet).<\/p>\n

The Beaumonts are a curiosity, indeed.\u00a0 Before I hit \u201cplay\u201d on my CD player I thought for sure that I was going to have a disc that I could rip on, since I\u2019ve had so many CDs that have been from \u201cmediocre-OK\u201d to \u201cWOW\u201d that I haven\u2019t, so far, anyway, received any really shitty music.\u00a0 I guess that comes from a bit of self-selection, receiving music from a few labels that have great rosters of bands which, for the most part, are pleasing.\u00a0 And the other thing is that I\u2019ve gotten a lot of DIY homemade super lo fi stuff that is the epitome of cognitive dissonance, with a lot of \u201cbent circuitry, homemade noise devices and well\u2026just about everything but the kitchen sink.\u00a0 Since I know that it\u2019s such an easy target \u2013 too easy to just dismiss and say it\u2019s nothing but noise and (sounding like someone\u2019s old dad) \u201cmy five-year old kid could do better\u2026\u201d (you hear that a lot with so-called \u201cmodern art\u201d-to me art\u2019s art:\u00a0 ars gratia artis<\/i>.\u00a0 You know.<\/p>\n

But, I digress\u2026when I listened to the first cut on Where Do You Want It, <\/i>\u201cI Like Drinking\u201d, <\/i>I was laughing my ass off \u2013 \u201cI like to drink\/I like dance\/I like to get high\u201d\u00a0 – that being the chorus.\u00a0 Then, the second cut, \u201cI Like Women\u201d was equally humorous.\u00a0 Then there\u2019s the laugh-out-loud \u201c(If You Don\u2019t) Love the Lord\u201d which is a scream \u2013 \u201cIf you don\u2019t love the lord, you\u2019re fuckin\u2019 fucked\u2026\u201d (2x) and then \u201cIf you don\u2019t love the lord you\u2019re fuckin\u2019 fucked, just like a whore\u2026\u201d \u2013 goddamn that is funny!!!<\/p>\n

At first glance The Beaumonts seem like a total Country & Western band and, well, maybe they are, in a twisted, crazy-funny way, but they are unlike any country outfit I\u2019ve heard \u2013 especially the corn-syrup crap that you hear when you are stuck somewhere where they\u2019re playing a country radio station or album, etc., like a convenience store\/gas station or whatever\u2026 you stand in line and this awful, twangy, rhythm-impaired white-bread bumpkin junk with the dumbest lyrics you could ever think of (or worse, depends on your imagination) splatter over the rest of it and if you don\u2019t get out of there soon you start feeling nauseated and want to vomit.<\/p>\n

At least the Beaumonts aren\u2019t so syrupy and have some damn funny lyrics to boot.\u00a0 It\u2019s hard to tell if they\u2019re a total parody or if they really are country but want to present their twisted sense of humor and off-the-wall way of looking at life in this format.\u00a0 Of course, the setting is just perfect \u2013 and Country Music is essential for the lyrics, the style as well as the mise en scene<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Where Do You Want It <\/i>is just screamingly funny \u2013 funny in a way that the hardcore\/punk band FEAR\u2019s debut, The Record<\/i> was.\u00a0 I just can\u2019t imagine how crazy a live show would be by The Beaumonts.\u00a0 Whatever you do, though, make sure you get familiar with them and check out this album.\u00a0 It will put Country in a whole new light for you (though, all these Country idiot right-wing nuts who sing about how great living in America is and what a great guy George W. Bush is and all this stupid propaganda that Dick Cheney just laughs his head off over when he\u2019s alone at home.<\/p>\n

Well \u2013 it\u2019s funny, they are talented, they do play well and they keep a mean beat.\u00a0 So, take it from me, who was pleasantly surprised that this album was such a hoot.\u00a0 It\u2019ll be more popular with the young \u2018uns who dig Johnny Cash, Rev. Horton Heat and whose parents were into ZZ Top.\u00a0 Take it from me \u2013 the craziest shit just pops up in the craziest places!\u00a0 -KM.<\/b><\/p>\n

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