Starving Winter Report Lp

 

"There's no best song here; the whole album is great. It's loud, loose, ragged and not far removed from a stomping, beer-swilling masterpiece." - Paste Magazine

 

"Like anything built in Detroit, Deadstring Brothers are a sterling example of

American craftsmanship, with finely tuned organ vamps and smooth-riding

harmonies." - Pop Matters

 

"There's lashings of white soul among the country honk, augmented by fat

horns, the keening vocal back-ups of Masha Marjieh and Ross Westerbur's

spiky piano runs. Fans of Marah, Drive-By Truckers and Slobberbone will

find much to savour in the dark corners of this fine music." - Uncut

 

"Fusing bluesy Rock swagger and the hard Country flourishes of dobro

and shimmering pedal steel with pure Pop piano pounding,

singer/guitarist Kurt Marschke leads his unruly gang of Motor City

anti-heroes through tales dripping with stark imagery and broken

hearts."  - City Beat

 

"A rollicking good time album, which knocks most of the 'Americana'

movement into a miserable cocked hat. Starving Winter Report is an

album that grows from first listen."  - Guardian Series (UK)

 

"For all the posing, posturing stuff that gets released every week of

the year, there are always acts like Deadstring Brothers - the sort of

group that looks back at the ever-lengthening history of rock music,

pinches the best bits and still comes up with something that sounds

original, if not classic."  - Erasing Clouds

 

"Many great names are bandied around, Jayhawks, Wilco, Gram Parsons,

and even the Rolling Stones; all valid but none really capture the

appeal of the Deadstring Brothers." - Maverick

 

 

Deadstring Brothers Lp

 

"Better still, the Deadstring Brothers do things the way even mean old

Merle Haggard would surely appreciate: Bakersfield grit rather than Nashville

polish, and none of the half-arsed shambling that passes for so much Americana

these days either." - Q Magazine

 

"This is real steel, and plenty else too. A fine album from a band who

sit uncomfortable and warm." - Mojo

 

"Seriously impressive." - Uncut

 

With wistful, sad-eyed ballads and guitar-fueled mid- to up-tempo

rockers, the album is more-than-solid all the way through;

pound-for-pound one of the best roots-rock records of 2003. - Paste Magazine