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The Lonesome Trailers | Neighborhood Noir

CD, self-released

Tekst: Maurice Dielemans

Publicatiedatum: 08 maart 2001

After releasing a self-titled six-song demo cassette and a full-length CD titled 'It's Not What You're Thinking', the Lonesome Trailers have a brand-new album out, mysteriously named 'Neighbourhood Noir''. While this band has also gone through some changes, they manage to continue their honest roots-rocking alternative country music with only three lonesome trailers left.
Aside from the strong musical influences of well-known artists such as Uncle Tupelo and Neil Young, it must be David van der Zanden's excellent songwriting that brings the Lonesome Trailers to a higher level of entertainment. Upon realizing that the music of the Lonesome Trailers is nothing new under the Americana sun, I must admit that I really liked most of the songs on 'Neighbourhood Noir''. Therefore, it would be unfair to criticize the band only for the lack of originality. After all, what can go wrong with a band that combines harmonica, pedal steel, mandolins, guitars, and (backing) vocals? One thing I know for sure is that there isn't anything wrong with that familiar old tune that most of us love so much and could be played over and over again. Even when some of the songs on their second album sound more of the same and deal with many cliches in country rock, there are just no bad tracks on 'Neighbourhood Noir''.
We must wonder whether this CD is worth your hard-earned money, but at least this is a nice collection of good hard-driving country rock music that will slowly grow on you, although it probably would never become a real masterpiece. At their brightest moments the music hits you in the face like a country cliche, just like the singer is singing in the chorus of the first song 'When The World Comes Around'.

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