Awards season was even more depressing than usual for anyone who loves smart, honest country music. Taylor Swift's banal adolescent ramblings, one-hook wonders Lady Ante-
bellum's constant droning, all of Miranda Lambert's wicked sass kicked out of her on that sappy song about the house .... So imagine what a relief it is to hear real poetry, ingenious wit and pedal steel perfection on Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers' second album. A Seattle kid who somehow remembers everything Nashville's forgotten, songwriter Muth sings in a slightly flat purr that works equally well on evocatively elusive country rock lyrics ("I've Been Gone," "Before the Night Is Gone"), socially engaged folk ballads ("Tired Worker's Song") and "If I Can't Trust You With a Quarter," the greatest and funniest anthem ever written (with Anna Brown) for a honky-tonk angel with superior musical tastes. The High Rollers are as tight and innovative a country band as you could ever want to hear; they bring the traditional without ever sounding stale. In a genre that's declared authentic and fresh dirty words, Muth and the boys make those lost values ring.
Bob Strauss, Daily News

Track List:

1. (00:04:27) Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers - I've Been Gone
2. (00:05:24) Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers - Whatever's Left
3. (00:03:45) Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers - Let's Just Be Friends For Tonight
4. (00:05:47) Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers - Before The Night Is Gone
5. (00:04:45) Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers - Harvest Moon Blues
6. (00:07:10) Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers - New Mexico
7. (00:05:06) Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers - If I Can'tTrust You With a Quarter
8. (00:03:56) Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers - Tired Worker's Song
9. (00:06:51) Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers - Starlight Hotel
10. (00:04:29) Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers - Come Inside

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