From the Pacific Northwest,
in Walla Walla, Washington, Robin Barrett and company deliver another bounty of
Blues with Nasty Habits and Dirty Little
Secrets, the Coyote Kings follow-up
album to Move. Writer and lead guitarist, Barrett, is joined
by vocalist Michelle 'Mush' Morgan, bassist Kit Kulhmann, drummer Emilo Cabrales and
keyboardist Doug Scarborough to create another saucy album of earthy electric Blues
composed of eleven new original tracks.
With Mush on mic., the crew
breaks out with a fun jam on title-track, “Nasty Habits & Dirty Little
Secrets”. Barrett throws down a catchy
funk-infused riff that has a way of burrowing itself in one’s head like a Ceti
eel from Star Trek II Wrath of Khan. I
could almost hear the band having fun recording it.
“Baby’s Gone”, a stand-out favorite
is a melancholy lament about lost love and contemplations of suicide while
holding on to a desire to live. This heartbreaking song features fantastic
guitar licks, and vocals from Mush so sad and lovely, it left me a little on
the heavy side with emotion.
Another slow tempo contender
for best song is “Afternoon Sun”.
Barrett handles the lead vocals on this one and handles it quite
well. I enjoy the mellow space it
creates very much. The combining
elements of piano, vocal harmonies and lyrics remind me a lot of Phish, one of
my favorite bands. This one plain and
simple, puts a smile on my face.
A perfect song to chill out
to, ‘Walking in the Fog’, is one of the best new instrumentals I have heard
this year. Hands-down fantastic, Barrett
plays it soft and slow, in the way one would actually walk in a fog. I would love to hear an entire album of instrumentals
of him playing guitar like he does on this one.
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