Mark Pickerel and His Praying Hands, Snake in the Radio - 45m 57s

Tracks & Durations

1. Forest Fire	5:11
2. Come Home Blues	3:48
3. A Town Too Fast For Your Blues	2:34
4. I'll Wait	5:48
5. Graffiti Girl	3:54
6. Ask the Wind, Ask the Dust	4:00
7. Don't Look Back	4:04
8. You'll Be Mine	3:34
9. Sin Tax Dance	2:57
10. Snake in the Radio	4:51
11. Town Without the Blues	5:08

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Review

This gem of a solo debut by early Screaming Trees drummer Mark Pickerel offers one surprise after another, with a beguiling blend of new wave, Nick Cave, and Southwestern-flavored songs that sound like they're in search of a spaghetti Western soundtrack. What keeps the pastiche from sounding generically derivative is the sharpness and range of Pickerel's songwriting, from the ominous, samba-like title track to the yearning balladry and bittersweet romanticism of "I'll Wait" to the garage-band punk propulsion of "A Town Too Fast for Your Blues." The album-opening "Forest Fire" establishes the anything-goes precedent by establishing common ground for fuzztone and steel guitar, while "Sin Tax Dance" captures the ebullience of '60s soul and the closing "Town Without the Blues" has harmonies worthy of the Beach Boys. As Nirvana's Dave Grohl, the Jayhawks' Tim O'Reagan, and now Pickerel have shown, there are exceptions to all those rock jokes about drummers. --Don McLeese

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