Title: Listen Before You Buy!
Product review: OK- I read the reviews, heard the hype, bought the disc. I am disappointed, but that's what happens one reads customer reviews written by zealous fans. I also find it hard to grasp the use of the adjectives "compelling" and "masterpiece" by the professional reviewers. I describe their vocals as disjointed, campfire-like, enough to make the lyrics difficult to understand; the songs are mostly plodding, the arrangements simple and sloppy; I really did not hear any relationship between this music and any country or bluegrass traditions, except that the two female singers sing with a twang, and one of them sounds a little like Emmylou Harris' younger, but tone-deaf sister. When these two women sing together, it's just two unrehearsed and off key voices trying to stay on the same line. If I'm wrong about Freakwater, then I'm just used to hearing more professional performers.
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