May we holler at you?
Frog Holler
Haywire
(ZoBird)
Somewhere in the boonies, outside Philadelphia, Frog Holler lurk with Americana reshapen for Dutch Country living.
If Uncle Tupelo didn’t have such a nostalgic passion for Acuff-Rose, they might have been Frog Holler. While the Pennsylvanian ensemble has more sonically related to the post-Tupelo Son Volt, Haywire is rootsy without necessarily being Southern or Southwestern. It pines to be authentic, ya see, but it also knows where you can park off of Market Street and not get bothered by the cops. The title track pulls all the alt-country stops, but less forceful fare like “Hades,” “Pepper & Salt,” and “Terms And Conditions” heat the flue more skillfully.
— Steve Forstneger
Click here to download “On Winter Blues.”
