progshine I haven't been following 'new' releases, I stopped trying to follow everything that came out back in... 2013. It's better that way, I believe, since nothing ended up impressing me. But every now and then, when I see a newly released album that I haven't really heard about, curiosity kicks in and off I go to see what was released.

That was the case with Nashville Pussy's latest album, Pleased to Eat You. I ended up skipping the band's classic phase and had only heard their previous album, Up the Dosage, which was ok, and the impression I was left with was the same with the new album: OK!

Is this a bad thing? I don't think so, it's a strong album, with good songs and everything a fan of the band could hope for. There's nothing new, it's the AC/DC school of making music. If you're a fan you will find the sound you like in here and there's no reason to change it.

Sometimes, I confess, I don't really understand the band's proposal, I know that everything revolves around sex, drugs, booze and Rock 'N' Roll, but sometimes they seem to be typical rockers from the south of the USA, along with everything that goes with it, but at the same time they record tracks like 'Just Another White Boy' criticizing the typical useless North American Redneck and 'We Want a War' with its anti-war message. It seems to me that Nashville Pussy is really an atypical case of a book that is judged by its cover, but it is necessary to read the content to understand that the book shouldn't have been judged by its cover, but it should... Go figure.

UMUR "Up The Dosage" is the 6th full-length studio album by US hard rock act Nashville Pussy and the first since "From Hell to Texas" from 2009. "Up The Dosage" was released through Steamhammer/SPV in January 2014. The lineup fatures one change since the last album as bassist Karen Kuda has been replaced by Bonnie Buitrago after an 8 year stint with the band. Bonnie Buitrago is bassist number 5 in Nashville Pussy since their formation in 1997.

Stylistically the lineup change has little effect, because the music on "Up The Dosage" is unmistakably the sound of Nashville Pussy. It´s filthy and raw rock´n´roll with a southern edge and the occasional punked beat like it´s always been. The band also manage to be as offensive as ever with songtitles like "Hooray for Cocaine, Hooray for Tennessee", "Pussy's Not a Dirty Word" and "Before the Drugs Wear Off". The latter, which features strong southern leanings, is especially offensive with it´s lyrics about having sex with a 10 months pregnant young girl, high on drugs, while your wife is out of town. Nashville Pussy always took the term "Sex, drugs & rock´n´roll" to the extreme and the music and lyrics on "Up The Dosage" are no exception.

The tracks are as usual pretty basic hard rock tunes with Blaine Cartwright´s snarling vocals in front and Ruyter Suys bluesy guitar licks, solos, and hard rocking riffing to support them. The rythm section of drummer Jeremy Thompson and bassist Bonnie Buitrago are hard hittin and solid.

"Up The Dosage" features a suiting organic and powerful sound production. It could have been slightly better if it had been a bit more raw and gritty, but it´s still an enjoyable sound. Upon conclusion "Up The Dosage" is not an album that adds much new to Nashville Pussy´s by now signature sound, but it´s a damn solid hard rock album in the raw end of the scale, featuring a nice offensive "fuck you" attitude, sure to scare your mom away. A 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.

Time Signature Ain't yo business...

Genre: hard rock

Part reissue, part live album, and part compilation, this release features a remastered and resequenced version of From Hell to Texas from 2009 and a collection of live tracks from Nashville Pussy's shows in Europe, and it all comes in a neat package with a nice little booklet and all.

Nashville Pussy are known for their Southern-twanged dirty boogyin' hard rock, and this release is no exception. It is a nice package of straight up, no frills, rock 'n' roll, complete with whisky-voiced vocals, a thumping bass, stomping drums and frantic guitar solos. To this you can add humorous politically incorrect lyrics about driving drunk, smoking pot, uncle-niece romance, defecation on the moon and, of course, the perils of the rock 'n' roll lifestyle. The production on From Hell to Texas is quite unpolished, which suits the rock 'n' roll style very well.

The Live and Loud in Europe disc probably appeals mostly to folks who are already ans of the band. The production is quite good for a dirty rock 'n' roll live album, but still has a raw quality to it. The inclusion of the live CD allows the listener to compare the live versions of the songs that also appear on From Hell to Texas with the studio versions, and this reveals how well the studio version actually capture the enery and dynamics of the band's live sound. Not everybody can bring that live intensity into the studio. AC/DC can, and Nashville Pussy can.

Fans should not hesitate to buy this release, and, if you are not a fan of Nashville Pussy yet, but you like raw unadulterated rock 'n' roll rich in politically incorrect adult-oriented humor, then – hell – go check out this release, too. You'll be won over in no time.

(review originally posted at seaoftranquility.org)