The Fort Collins, Colorado-based Drag the River are rooted in punk--their songwriters are Jon Snodgrass of Armchair Martian and Chad Price of the post-Descendants group All--yet their sound is much

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The Fort Collins, Colorado-based Drag the River are rooted in punk--their songwriters are Jon Snodgrass of Armchair Martian and Chad Price of the post-Descendants group All--yet their sound is much subtler than one might expect. The country rock on Closed, the follow-up to their 2000 debut Hobo's Demos, is not aggressive or all-out roaring as much as it is hard-driving and confessional. Zach Boddicker paints steel-guitar stripes on steady-rolling roots-rock cuts ("Medicine," "Song for Robin Reichhardt") and downtempo cautionary tales ("Smokefinger"). Elsewhere, the quintet devotes equal time to speedy shuffles (the loser's anthem "Get Drunk") and barroom weepers ("Forgiveness"). --Anders Smith Lindall
Country USA
Manufacturer UPLA
Binding Audio CD
UPCs 654193900823
EANs 0654193900823
ReleaseDate 2002-03-26

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