Track Listings
1 : Dead Man's Suit
2 : Neon (& That's Why)
3 : Wheel of Love
4 : I'm Here for You
5 : Sweet Susie
6 : Everybody's Gotta Bleed
7 : Just Me & You
8 : Born Losers
9 : Nightmare Town
10 : Ramona Retreat
11 : In Time, They Say

The follow-up to 2019's 'Hasn't Changed You', full and resounding, cutting and dynamic, Altameda's second record is full of all that makes life a beautiful mess. Brought along by warm bass lines, bluesy rhythms and the sweet whir of the wurlitzer, vocalist Troy Snaterse's lyrics burn with nostalgia and present desire, made vivid by his talk-like cadences and emotional peaks. It will lift you out of your seat-then all at once send you spiralling down to the kitchen floor.

Sixteen tracks broadcast live on Texas radio stations in 1954 and 1955. With muffled (though listenable) fidelity, this is more of a historical document than a sampling of King at his best; it also finds him and his group much more grounded in hot Western swing (complete with steel guitar) than rock & roll. As an archival glimpse of the first stirrings of hillbilly turning into rockabilly, though, it's not bad. The group runs through the country boogies and ballads with zesty, unpolished flair, and edge close to rockabilly with their covers of "That's All Right," "Maybellene," and "Flip, Flop & Fly." ~ Richie Unterberger