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Title: Uneven
Review: "A camel is a horse designed by a comittee." That is an apt description of this, Lee Presson and the Nails's second CD. It seems to be pulled in two different directions. On the one hand, you've got Lee Presson's great original songs like "Hat Back Boogie" and "That only Happens in the Movies," which is reminiscent of Indigo Swing. But the original songs that Lee didn't write just don't seem to fit. Leslie Presley sounds beautiful as always, and she does her best with Larry Sweeny's "He's still a Mystery to Me" and "Shadowman" but they still sound like they were written for another band. Ironic, since the songs that WERE written for other bands, like Elvis Costello's "Wave a White Flag" and the Stones' "Jumping Jack Flash" (!!) are the high points here. I guess they were pressured to have more original songs but face it boys, it's better to have a good cover song than a bad original song. This CD has both.I think their latest CD, "El Bando En Fuego!" is their best.
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