Lucero probably romanticizes alcohol-soaked working-class futility to an unhealthy degree, and Ben Nichols is hardly the first blue-collar bard to look for a way out of a dead-end town at the bottom of a shot glass. But on the Memphis roots rockers’ fifth album, Nichols’ gritted tales, sung as if he’s gargling bourbon and thumbtacks, often achieve a Springsteen-ish grandeur. Meanwhile, the band’s restless, energetic twin-guitar assault, mingled with studio vet Rick Steff’s piano, sells the drama without overplaying it.
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