While England isn’t exactly the hills of Tennessee, our former oppressors have produced some solid acts with considerable twang. A recent example of this would be The Dog Roses (Myspace / Official). Their new EP, Just Another Saturday, is a great little country record.
The London natives produce rootsy-folk that is wrapped rather warmly in a country-music quilt. The fiddle playing absolutely shines in “Kit’s Song” and “Let the Bottle Take the Heartache Away”, with the latter employing a mournful accordion to produce a Pogues-like barroom lullaby. With the fun-loving and melodius ”Any Day Now (I’ll Be Fine)”, The Dog Roses do a stand-up Everly Brother’s impression without making it look like they were trying too hard to do so. Mike Perret’s accented vocals give each track a vibrancy that many American country acts lack. This is another example of an EP that makes the most of it’s small amount of space and sacrifices the filler of a larger album for a lean collection that possesses a focus and sizzle that never wanes.
Listen: The Dog Roses – “Kit’s Song”
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