Drag the River

Drag The River is composed of veteran punk-rockers, but it still plays country-fied roots-rock that’s about as authentic as it gets. The band’s new album, It’s Crazy (Suburban Home), has a number of quiet, mournful songs (“Beautiful & Damned,” “Fire & Flood”) that make it sound hushed overall. But the group really shines on the more uptempo tracks, particularly “Me & Joe Drove Out To California…”, the album’s best track. Vocalist-guitarists Chad Price and Jon Snodgrass are once again in fine form, their pack-a-day voices perfectly suiting the music. New member Casey Prestwood is their secret weapon; his pedal steel really enhances the album… A-
-the onion