{"id":17574,"date":"2014-01-17T00:00:24","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T00:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=17574"},"modified":"2014-02-18T13:33:15","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T13:33:15","slug":"album-review-nashville-pussy-up-the-dosage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-nashville-pussy-up-the-dosage\/","title":{"rendered":"NASHVILLE PUSSY – Up The Dosage (2014) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASHVILLE PUSSY
Up The Dosage<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSteamhammer (2014)<\/span>
Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Nashville Pussy is one of the guilty pleasures hidden in my music collection. Since 1996 Blaine Cartwright and his wife Ruyter Suys have been writing some of the most brash, irreverent songs the world of rock music has ever heard. The Atlanta band\u2019s lyrics are more dangerous than anything penned by Axl Rose (Guns N\u2019 Roses), and nearly as funny as those put forth by Psychostick.<\/p>\n

The difference is that Nashville Pussy adds enough reality into their intentionally snarky and offensive lyrics to hit home, all wrapped up in their own special hillbilly metal package. After five years off Nashville Pussy returns with new bassist Bonnie Buitrago to Up The Dosage<\/em>. <\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve heard Nashville Pussy in the past, you know what you\u2019re in for going into this album; driving beats and blues-tinged guitars that sound like Mot\u00f6rhead covering Molly Hatchett and a liberal dose of adult humour and drug references. Yes, Up The Dosage<\/em> fits the standard Nashville Pussy mold, but it does it well. Very well. This is the best music the band has released in quite some time.<\/p>\n

The laid back southern groove of \u2018Before The Drugs Wear Off\u2019 is a catchy piece about the joys of staying stoned and features several tasty pieces of guitar work, along with a honky tonk piano. Title track \u2018Up The Dosage\u2019 is one step from the kind of boogie rock Foghat pumped out in the 70s with a dirty edge that is only achieved by Nashville Pussy. While Up The Dosage<\/em> is in some ways more of the same we would expect from Cartwright and Company, it\u2019s also some of the best of their unique brand of metal. <\/p>\n

There are plenty of highlights to be enjoyed in these songs, both musically and lyrically. \u2018White And Loud\u2019 has a surprising nod to doom. The main riff owes much to early Black Sabbath<\/a>. \u2018The South\u2019s Too Fat To Rise Again\u2019 brings a healthy dose of humour and realism to the table, and is catchy as hell. \u2018Hooray For Cocaine, Hooray For Tennessee\u2019 is an old school country song, complete with slide guitar and a melody that would fit perfectly on a Hank Williams album. \u2018Pillbilly Blues\u2019 is a raucous, high energy ode to self medication. \u2018Rub It To Death\u2019 offers one of the best guitar riffs Nashville Pussy has ever recorded, sounding like Mot\u00f6rhead at their finest. Up The Dosage<\/em> is comprised of all those elements that make fans come see Nashville Pussy every time they come to town. <\/p>\n

When I first heard Nashville Pussy I expected they were a novelty act that would soon fade into obscurity. The years have proven me wrong, and rarely am I so pleased to be mistaken. With Up The Dosage<\/em> Nashville Pussy does exactly what the title would imply. All the classic elements of the band\u2019s trademark sound are brought forward to present songs that are easily the best the band has offered fans to date. New fans and old will find this release a more than worthwhile addition to the Nashville Pussy catalogue. <\/p>\n

Jim McDonald<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NASHVILLE PUSSYUp The Dosage Steamhammer (2014)Rating: 8.5\/10 Nashville Pussy is one of the guilty pleasures hidden in my music collection. Since 1996 Blaine Cartwright and his wife Ruyter Suys have been writing some of the most brash, irreverent songs the world of rock music has ever heard. The Atlanta band\u2019s lyrics are more dangerous than […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,927],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-nashville-pussy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17574"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17682,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17574\/revisions\/17682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}