Snow

I bought this album just because i am a big fan of the meat puppets, I was amazed and surprised at the layers in sound and tap along beats that every tune on this album provided maybe a bit meloncholic at times but always a punchy little riff to liven things up when it gets a bit down, I recommend this to any country music fan not just someone who enjoys the meat puppets as in my opinion this is a great album to listen too whilst driving alonog a long dusty road, cheers Chris

Great album!

Curt Kirkwood has always given us a unique vernacular in his brand of songwriting, since the early '80's country-punk of the Meat Puppets (something that Kurt Cobain recognized & promoted). If you enjoyed the acoustic side of the Pups in "Coming Down" or "Shine" (from the Too High To Die LP) then you'll like this. Snow is a very gentle, poetic, even sweet, country-acoustic mix. Some of the songs have a very light touch, while "Box of Limes" stands out as a more aggressive toe-tapper. All the songs seem to have their own internal momentum that gathers force and releases energy, however subdued. And there's always little surprises in the lyrics. My only criticism is that Curt's voice sometimes sounds flat or off-key, but if you look past that you'll enjoy every song on the album as I do.

I grew up in Arizona. This, more than anything else I've ever heard, is Arizona music. Just like snow settles on barbed wire.