CD REVIEW: HUSSY HICKS – Lucky Joe’s Wine EP

Shane | 21 July 2016 | Reply

CD REVIEW: HUSSY HICKS – Lucky Joe’s Wine EP
Independent
13 February, 2016
Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar
7 ½ /10

Julz Parker and Leesa Gentz – Hussy Hicks – conjure a special kind of magic as their vocals entwine together, becoming more than the sum of their parts. It’s the glue which binds their eclectic musical adventures: from nu-country to folk ditties, from power ballads to blues & roots.

Recorded in Alabama with Rick Hirsch producing and lending a hand on guitar, Lucky Joe’s Wine is a seven-track serve of good music that seems to have audibly soaked up the Southern hospitality.

The jaunty Flying opens the show; there’s the lamentations of Look What You’ve Done; the title track is as lively and jumpy as Lucky Joe after enough of his wine; and Slow Train is an agonising heartbreak of a track.

The marching rhythms of Roll Along are infectious, and closer 3 Rainbows brings a touch of soul to their mix – even the feel of Bob Marley’s early work.