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 | Pretty Boy Thorson & the Falling AngelsPretty Boy Thorson & the Falling Angels2006 The Party's Over 
  Review by: Jesse See others by this writer ![[staff]](/images/icons/staffsticker.gif){kind=icon}
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 Published on June 9th 2006
Taking influence from `80s punk and hardcore, Pretty Boy Thorson really plays country songs. We're not talking about some shitty alt-country band who's tops in the indie charts, or some hipster calling 12 bars and an acoustic guitar country, we're talking Mere, Hank, Johnny, and crew. And they play these country songs much too fast and drunk. The result, my friends, is a practically self-released EP featuring six original songs about drinking and hard luck, and one Merle Haggard cover about drinking and hard luck.
This life that I live / it don't go nowhere at all / It just intersects with emptiness and alcohol / the hardest part of living / is living with myself and if the drinking don't kill me then I'll think of something else.and Don't try to fight it / you'll just wear yourself out / I guess somebody should've warned you before this started / You might go down swinging, but you'll still go down / So stay where you are and don't make a sound / Kid you don't have a chance, don't try to fight it, don't try to understand / Take a pull from that bottle, sit down and relax. Intercut in these two-to-three-minute rockers is "Two Step Across Two Harbors," a 3/4 country waltz about heartache and leaving a small town. And sandwiching this ballad are "I Know I Said I Love You But I Guess I Don't," and the honky-tonkin' "The Luckiest Man Alive," which features the repeated chorus, "I never loved you at all." So to take stock, we have one heartache ballad, one song about drinking alone bitterly, two about never loving the woman in question, and two about having the deck stacked against you, as the album rounds off with "Things I Should Have Told You Before," which ends with the repeated phrase, "Do what you like, stay in your place, but wipe that smile off your face!" Unlisted on the track list is a cover of Merle Haggard's "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink," which seemlessly fits in the band's catalogue of songs. This disc feels just like a teaser, like a warning of something great to come. And though it really feels flawless without any songs pushing the boundaries of your patience, it's just plain too short. I want more. I want a lot more. But I guess this shall appaease me until the band gets a chance to put out a full-length. [Ed.'s Note: A member of Pretty Boy Thorson & the Falling Angels is a brother of Jesse's.] People who liked this also liked:   ![Brian Costello - The Enchanters vs. Sprawlburg Springs [book]](/images/covers/thumb/brian_costello-the_enchanters_vs_sprawlburg_springs.jpg)        Please login or register to post comments. What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
PS - Casey - Hey Casey. You don't need to play music to critique it. Case in point (though with movies): Roger Ebert is one of the best critics in any field. He also wrote Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls. Creating and critiquing are two vastly different things. Interpunk is selling the 7 inch, and you can get ahold of them through their Myspace page, I think. I don't know their actual e-mail off the top of my head. i was too wrapped up in commenting about the lame bickering to ask where i can get this record? jesse...any suggestions? steal one from your brother....but seriously, i'd like to purchase one. ahahahah. i love this site. like a couple of retards fighting over the red crayon. awesome. Dude...sickboi, you're tired. Try embracing a user name that does not celebrate the suffix oi. That shit is so fucking redundant. Secondly, it is important to be actively involved in music culture before you criticize it's reviewers. Plus, internet beef is for suckers. You're not cool, and being tough on the interweb will never make you that way. Get over yourself, and invest your time in something appropriate....like playing music. "you want me to review a show while carrying a backback of kittens?" Jesse- This is more country-flavored punk, the distortion's pretty major. Still, the band's pretty cool, I think it'd be cool to see live. I'm listening to King Khan and BBQ right now for the first time, and I have to say this is the best thing I've heard in at least a year. Nobody was doubting whether or not you liked country, it's the fact that your brother is in the band that makes the review questionable. Also, if all you listen to is country and blues, why are you writing reviews for a punk news website? Erm, that was me. I forgot to log in. Smarmy editors! That was a detail left out! If I thought this band sucked, I wouldn't have reviewed it, but I honestly like this band a lot. My brother's just the drummer, and was a replacement at that. This band is all about the singer/songwriter, Jesse Thorson, and that's what I like. Of course, that's how I heard of this band. Hey steppers, don't front. I talk to Jesse on AIM sometimes and he's always listening to country music. It's not like he was pretending to like this band. I'm sure he honestly enjoys them. This is highly suspicious. Remember his "review" of the band he followed around on tour for a few shows? I don't trust this review at all. For all the stuff Jesse talks crap on, he "likes" Somerset because he knows them, when, sorry to say, they're exactly the same as every other nu-screamo band. So, I don't find it too hard to believe that he might give his brother's band some slack. This band butt fucks eachother gay gay gay gay gay Seriously Jesse, all the shit talking you do and you post a review of your brother's band? so can i start submitting reviews of my own bands? So basically theyre EMO! |
