Zach Boddicker, Andrew Porter, and Rob Beuhler come together to form Denver’s 4H Royalty, a refreshing new take on country music. In the land of alt-country and shitty popular country music 4H Royalty doesn’t quite fit into either category as you’d expect them do. There’s more of a rock sound into their music, but no where near enough to alienate the sound, this is still really good country. Some of these remind me of some of the popular Nashville sound that was coming out of the late 80′s, when things were starting to change-up but still pretty decent. The very first thing I noticed about this CD when I got it was that the insert and inlay was all cut out from a case of PBR and hand written in marker, I already knew I was going to enjoy this. The first thing I noticed about the album when I popped it in was the great sound. I have no idea how much it cost to record but this thing sounds like a million bucks, it’s really impressive. Some people might actually be off put at first by the production value, but those people are the dumb ones, this is by no means just an over produced all sound and no substance thing. Here’s a rundown of a few songs, but trust me, any song not mentioned specifically isn’t bad, all thirteen songs are damn good and shouldn’t be passed over.
‘Rosenberg Family Band’ When I talked about that 80′s country sound this song might fit into that more than any other on the album.
‘Chinese Turquoise’ This just sounds like something you should be listening to with the windows down driving around on a hot summer day.
‘Rock & Roll Blowout’ This might be my favorite song on the album, so good.
‘The Breaks’ Seems like something you’d hear coming out of the jukebox in the classic smoke-filled, pool playin bar.
‘Tires in a Landfill’ A quick pick up in pace from the previous song ‘Rubber City Girl’ this one’s pretty fun.
‘Orbison Eyes’ Also a contender for best song on the album.
‘Walk of Shame’ A quick paced get stuck in your head song, you’ll listen to this one a lot.
‘You Didn’t Have to Do That’ A slow, real fucking good, song closes the album out. I will be looking forward to the next 4H Royalty album.
1. Rosenberg Family Band
2. Chinese Turquoise
3. Woo Girls
4. Rock & Roll Blowout
5. The Breaks
6. Rubber City Girl
7. Tires in a Landfill
8. Orbison Eyes
9. Scratch & Dent Man
10. What’s Too Dumb to Be Said
11. The Project
12. Walk of Shame
13. You Didn’t Have to Do That
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