Left Lane Cruiser
(Alive)
From the humble beginnings of The White Stripes and Black Keys it seems like two-person bands, especially blues-based ones, have become commonplace. Left Lane Cruiser is a couple of guys out of Fort Wayne, Indiana. They have beards, wear hoodies ‘n' backwards baseball caps, and write songs with titles like "Hillgrass Bluebilly", "Broke Ass Blues" and "Crackalacka." They additionally stir up quite a racket for two guys. Speaking of two-person bands, if you remember those Arizona nutjobs from a decade ago, Doo Rag, then you'll be in the ballpark of where these guys sound, but Freddie J. Evans IV (guitar & vocals) and Brenn "Sausage Paw" Beck (drums, trash, hollerin') are more influenced by deep Mississippi blues and they do a good job of aping their heroes.
First cut "Crackalacka" comes scootin' out of the gate with some cool guitar noodle while "Ol' Fashioned" adds some wiry slide guitar and gravelly vocals, and "Black Lung" is its younger, tougher, more tweaked kid brother. Later, on "Poopdeflex" (song title of the year?) the vocals get more guttural and desperate and at that point you realize one thing about Left Lane Cruiser: they mean it, man.
Recommended Tracks: "Crackalacka", "Ol' Fashioned", "Hard Luck" TIM HINELY
