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The V-Roys - Just Add Ice Audio CD

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The V-Roys Band: The V-Roys
Title: Just Add Ice
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Release Date: 1996-09-10
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Guess I Know I'm Right 2: No Regrets 3: Pounding Heart 4: Sooner or Later 5: Wind Down 6: Goodnight Loser 7: Cry 8: What's She Found 9: Lie I Believe 10: Around You 11: Kick Me Around 12: Cold Beer Hello

Just Add Ice=Instant Rock Classic
Each song is 3 minutes of perfect pure power pop, only to be topped by seeing them live. Possibly the greatest rock band of the late 90's. . . may they rest in peace.


Classic debut album from a criminally overooked band
The V-Roys use country music as a reference point for a sound that actaully rocks pretty hard, especilly on tracks like "Wind Down. In the tradition of "Alternative Country" pioneers Uncle Tupelo, Knoxville, Tennessee's V-Roys featured two first rate singer-songwriters whose inevitable split eventually did the band in. " and "Sooner or Later. " Other first rate cuts include "What's She Found," "Guess I Know I'm Right," and "Lie I Believe. " Truth be told, there are no weak cuts on this consistantly excellent CD. It ends with the playful "Cold Beer Hello," which is good enough to make you thirsty.


Great even without Earle
This is probably his most impressive, however. Another on a long list of Steve Earle's discoveries. The V-Roys sound like a car crash between The Bottle Rockets and BR5-49's tour busses, combining the Rockets raucous bar-room sound with BR's tight harmonies and clean vocals.

You might have heard "Sooner or Later", and as you listen to this album you'll probably think that you've heard more than that. Don't expect ground-breaking originality here, but do expect to not be able to stop listening to this album. It's infectious.

As is so often the case, however, a brilliant debut album spells disaster, and the V-Roy's are no more. Don't let that deter you from buying this album, though.

If you are at all interested in the Alt-country-no-depression sound, pick this album up. It won't disappoint you.


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