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Note: The first two paragraphs are the same as a previous article in this newspaper.
"Vermilion" Razor and Tie
It would probably be stretching it to call them a supergroup, but with a lineage that links the Bangles, the dB's, Dream Syndicate and the Cowsills, there's something sure captivating about the Continental Drifters.
Full of ragged acoustic and electric guitars, superb songs and sublime harmonies, "Vermilion" offers a stirring dose of Americana that's got echoes of everyone from the Band and Wilco to Lucinda Williams and the Mamas and the Papas.
Check out Susan Cowsill's wondrous and raspy vocal in "Spring Day In Ohio," the lazy and infectious grooves in "Drifters" or the snarling true grit of Peter Holsapple's "Don't Do What I Did." It's all very far from slick, but the pieces fall together perfectly.
The album's song structures are brilliant throughout, bringing life to such spirited gems as Holsapple's "Darlin', Darlin'," the Faces-flavored "Meet Me in the Middle" and the band's blasting brand of Bakersfield twang, "Christopher Columbus Transcontinental Highway."
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