It’s been 30+ years since the last album from The Textones, but the reassembled outfit started kicking around new tunes in 2012 with the Cedar Creek<\/i> lineup. Fully ready to resurrect their self-described \u201chard rockin’ The-Who-Meets-The Stones kind of band with a little Byrds or Beatles jangle thrown in,\u201d this third album follows closely to the greatness The Textones achieved in the ’80s. <\/p>\n
The record gets out to a classic start with the bluesy rocker \u201cDownhearted Town,\u201d where a big chorus and horns make this a triumphant return for the band. \u201cBared My Soul\u201d follows and brings the scene down to an emotive and soulful restrained place before the title track \u201cOld Stone Gang\u201d packs a punch with a fun, upbeat, organ-fueled rocker. <\/p>\n
The middle of the album continues the formula with the sweet Americana and warm pedal steel\u00a0 of \u201c20 Miles South Of Wrong,\u201d which draws comparisons to Springsteen, and the lo-fi, raw recording of \u201cOne Half Rock\u201d that breaks into a piano rocker with plenty of horns and buzzing guitars. \u201cAll That Wasted Time\u201d resides here and is one of the best tracks, as it brings a muscular and lush effort of sparkling and timeless roots rock.<\/p>\n
The second half of the album has the band further spreading their wings with the playful jazz influences of \u201cMidnight Roundabout,\u201d and \u201cCarly Jo\u201d brings accordions and a dulcimer to the party. On \u201cRide On,\u201d Carla Olson’s expressive vocals take a backseat to deep male singing, which doesn’t detract from the poise of the album at all.<\/p>\n
However, The Textones is at their best with the acoustic strumming of \u201cCome Stay The Night,\u201d which embodies all that we love about the band: melody, elegance, spirited rock ‘n’ roll, and moving storytelling.<\/p>\n
Old Stone Gang <\/i>picks up right where the band left off three decades ago, and I don’t see how anyone could have a problem with that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":33659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[10282],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-45481","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-textones","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45481"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}