The Audreys
'Til My Tears Roll Away
Universal
Ten years into a robust
and justly rewarded career, The Audreys, with album number four, have struck
off down a different path. Whilst still adhering to their country/roots/swing
origins, the band have seen fit to muddy the sonic waters, to inject some grit
and grime – the gloves are off, the band tough, real, dirty and ready for a
fight.
Opener, ‘My
Darlin’ Girl’, is the first indication things aren’t as they were, a long and
slow bluesy number that rumbles with menacing intent, guitars swirling around
Taasha Coates’ sultry-yet-gritty vocal. ‘Baby, Are You There’ carries this on,
as does ‘Roll Away’, both crunching and angry, real low-down barroom country
rock ‘n’ roll.
Things return to
the style for which the band are known with songs like ‘Ballad For The Fallen’
(fiddle and Coates’ lilting voice playing a large part); the melancholy ‘Bring
The Stars Out; and the acoustic guitar driven ‘Why Must I Wait’, but even these
are edged with danger and daring, showing The Audreys are ready to move on –
here, they’ve done it with rollicking aplomb.
4/5
Samuel J. Fell
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