The Gourds, Heavy Ornamentals - 49m 11s

Tracks & Durations

1. Decline-o-meter	3:08
2. Burn the Honeysuckle	3:35
3. Mister Betty	2:52
4. Shake the Chandelier	4:21
5. New Roomate	4:17
6. Hooky Junk	4:43
7. Weather Woman	3:25
8. "Stab"	1:55
9. Our Patriarch	5:16
10. The Education Song	3:09
11. Collection's	3:40
12. Pill Bug Blues	3:59
13. Pick and Roll	4:42

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Review

Time-warped and roots-twisted, the Gourds sound like a good-time band from a parallel universe, one that puts traditional instrumentation--mandolin, accordion, fiddle--behind lyrics that dissolve the distinctions between the elliptical, the enigmatic, and the absurd. "Burn the Honeysuckle" and "Hooky Junk" suggest the Band on psychedelic mushrooms, while "Shake the Chandelier" finds the Austin quintet paying Tex-Mex homage to the late, great Doug Sahm and his Sir Douglas Quintet. For all the twists and loops, the band's organic interplay is rarely less than engaging, from the kick-start propulsion of the album-opening "Declineometer" through the wistful balladry of "Our Patriarch." It may be hard to know what the music means, but it's difficult to resist how it feels. --Don McLeese

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