Low Cut Connie: Dirty Pictures (Part 1) (Contender Records)<\/p>\n
Philadelphia quintet Low Cut Connie is pretty much the brainchild of singer\/songwriter\/piano pounder Adam Weiner and if its\u2019 latest album is any indication of their future musical trajectory then this is a band to watch. \u201cDPP1\u201d is bursting with irreverent rock\u2018n\u2019roll and cannily introspective tunes that most bands just can\u2019t seem to wrap themselves around effectively for a full album anymore. Opening track \u201cRevolution Rock\u2018n\u2019Roll\u201d sets the scene with flair using Weiner\u2019s languid boogie-woogie piano figure and solid vocals as an underlay for a story of night club rebellion where he chides \u201cCome on children rip it up, let the jerk offs clean it up, touch my body touch my soul, revolution rock and roll\u201d. When these guys are firing on all cylinders they sound like a less drunken Replacements if led by Jerry Lee Lewis in his prime. Covering Prince\u2019s \u201cControversy\u201d is one thing but they get even funkier on the buzzing soul\/rock of \u201cLove Life\u201d and the tough \u201cDeath and Destruction\u201d. Weiner speaks to his romantic inadequacies and admits them in \u201cAngela\u201d where he proclaims \u201cYou\u2019re just to hot to date me\u2026 you should move to L.A\u2026. you should be with a gorgeous guy, I know I\u2019m a real far cry\u201d.<\/p>\n
As the album progresses it reveals deeper layers of this bands\u2019 ability to sound like they only want to party yet are keen to deliver another side to the bar tab. \u201cMontreal\u201d is a lovely and heart warming story of the gentle passing of social diseases amongst friends while the sweet \u201cForever\u201d and album closer \u201cWhat Size Shoe\u201d are romantic enablers that will bring a tear to even the hardest, beer addled heart. While ostensibly sounding like they don\u2019t want to prove anything-here Low Cut Connie actually do. Their talent lies is being able to raise the roof while giving you songs that actually grab your attention for more than the length of their running time. That in itself is a colossal achievement. Bring on Part 2!<\/p>\n
(10 tracks \u2013 33 minutes)<\/p>\n
Jeff Monk
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Low Cut Connie: Dirty Pictures (Part 1) (Contender Records) Philadelphia quintet Low Cut Connie is pretty much the brainchild of singer\/songwriter\/piano pounder Adam Weiner and if its\u2019 latest album is any indication of their future musical trajectory then this is a band to watch. \u201cDPP1\u201d is bursting with irreverent rock\u2018n\u2019roll and cannily introspective tunes that …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":8247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[306,94,754,60,93,74],"tags":[1116,1368],"series":[],"class_list":["post-8245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blues","category-cult","category-dark","category-eyeplugs","category-garage","category-reviews","tag-jeff-monk","tag-low-cut-connie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8245"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8249,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8245\/revisions\/8249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8245"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=8245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}