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Fear and Whiskey [Original recording reissued] [Original recording remastered]

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1. Chivalry
2. Trouble Down South
3. Hard To Be Human Again
4. Darkness And Doubt
5. Psycho Cupid
6. Flitcraft
7. Country
8. Abernant 1984/85
9. Last Dance
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FEAR AND WHISKEY was the album that signaled the second coming of the Mekons. Six years after their 1979 debut, the band overhauled their well-honed post-punk sound with an unexpected departure. Like the Byrds before them, the Mekons decided to forge a merger between rock and country; unlike the Byrds, of course, the Mekons infused their ragged honky-tonk with hints of reggae, art noise, and ample doses of reckless punk.
The opening "Chivalry" is a barroom tune that sounds part Celtic, part Texan, with a floating fiddle melody courtesy of Susie Honeyman. "Trouble Down South", a politicallypointed song that uses spoken narrative against a backdrop of fiddle, haunting vocals, and reggae rhythms, gives way tothe amped-up "Hard to Be Human Again" and the heavy, sleepy"Darkness and Doubt". The surreal story-song "Psycho Cupid", the insistent pulse of "Country", and the sad, drunken "Last Dance" make good on the Mekons' promise to mix it up, before they wrap the package with a cover of Hank Williams's "Lost Highway". FEAR AND WHISKEY is a punk classic, one that surprises, charms, and overflows with rootsy, rebellious energy.

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