Baby-hating, foul-mouthed liquor pigs, mired in debt and often in
jail, even their mothers have denounced The Galpines. Well, not their
real mothers I'm sure, and New Brunswick festival-goers and party
animals have taken these four Moncton women to their hearts. The comedy
country outfit sends up our redneck ways, from online shopping addiction
(Visa Bill Blues) to living via Instagram (Hashtag Blessed). And
sometimes, it's just for the shock value ("My dog is better than your
baby.")
Fans will know many of the songs on the
group's second release and first long-player, as they've been playing
them to great reaction for months, and pretty much every song they write
is instantly memorable. Go To Sleep has served as a lovely opening
number, with those old-timey harmonies, like something that could have
been on the O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack. Except that movie
didn't feature some drug-and-booze addled festival goers trying to have a
three-way but the baby wakes up and ruins everything.
If
you shock easily, you don't want to go here, but if you have a sense of
humour about four-letter words and questionable morals, and like comedy
with your harmonies, The Galpines are absolutely entertaining. Plus,
they don't like litterbugs, so there's a good lesson in here. One at
least.
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