Postby mudshark » 24 Aug 2022, 01:22
I prefer Barn over Toast by a pretty long way. I think it's a bit about with version of Shakey you like. I like the down & dirty stuff. I played both albums (and Noise & Flowers, or whatever it's called) during my mini-road trip to Freeport TX and back, I had to skip through some of the songs on Toast, especially that Redbone-ish tune and Boom. I really can't understand how anybody could listen to those tunes for more than 2 minutes.
But of course I'm wrong and so are all the other Toast-critics: I read the reviews in Mojo and Uncut last weekend, and both seem to consider it a minor masterpiece. After reading these I just had to listen to it again. Apparently Carlson knows what he's talking about, and I sure don't.
There's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over