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| Artist : Hayes Carll |
| Album : KMAG YOYO (And Other American Stories) |
| Label : Lost Highway |
| Year : 2011 |
| Genre : Country |
| Rip date : Dec-26-2010 |
| Store date : Feb-15-2011 |
| Size : 54,1 MB |
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| 01 - Stomp And Holler 03:07 |
| 02 - Hand Out Here 03:32 |
| 03 - Chances Are 03:52 |
| 04 - Grand Parade 03:13 |
| 05 - KMAG YOYO 04:20 |
| 06 - Another Like You 03:20 |
| 07 - The Letter 03:25 |
| 08 - Bye Bye Baby 03:19 |
| 09 - The Lovin' Cup 03:57 |
| 10 - Bottle In My Hand 02:59 |
| 11 - Grateful For Christmas 03:55 |
| 12 - Hide Me 03:10 |
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| 42:09 min |
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| If it weren't already apparent that the Texas singer/songwriter |
| archetype had become an established subgenre of country music, a listen |
| to Hayes Carll's fourth album, Kmag Yoyo (And Other American Stories) |
| ought to confirm it. Carll, a 34-year-old Texas native, plays in honky |
| tonk, country-rock, and country-folk styles so familiar that it's often |
| possible to sing older songs to the music he and his band perform, |
| whether it's the Hank Williams-style "Hard Out Here" or the title song |
| (a military acronym for "Kiss My Ass Guys, You're on Your On"), set to |
| the tune and headlong tempo of Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick |
| Blues." Of course, Carll sings in a wheezy country twang, and his lyrics |
| suggest the barstool wit of an engaging loser. Since he has no interest |
| in doing anything new or different with the musical style, the question |
| is, how well does he function within the tradition of, say, Guy Clark |
| and Townes Van Zandt and Jerry Jeff Walker? And the answer is, often |
| quite well. "KMAG YOYO" itself is sung in the voice of a contemporary |
| teenage G.I. trying to make his way through the Afghanistan morass any |
| way he can; "Another Like You," a duet with Cary Ann Hearst, finds |
| clever ways to set up an opposites-attract one-night stand; "Bottle in |
| My Hand" hauls in a couple of Carll's peers in Corb Lund and Todd Snider |
| to further investigate honky tonk issues; and "Grateful for Christmas" |
| is an affectionate and amusing spoken word take on a family holiday |
| gathering. These are the album's best songs, but the rest are good, too, |
| and the whole is a worthy addition to the ever-growing catalog of sly |
| Texas country-rock |
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