We wrote about ‘The Unreasonables’ earlier this year, celebrating the record as “nineteen tracks oscillating between fuzzy guitar euphoria and more posed, poppy efforts”. We stand by our words: the album truly embodies youthful energy and unrestrained charisma, resulting in a hard-hitting, bold listening experience, a slice of vintage grittiness delivered by the ever-elegant and classy vocals of American troubadour and rocker Rusty Reid. A familiar name on our blog, Reid has recently zoomed in on a specific track from ‘The Unreasonables’: ‘Piece of the Action’.
Functioning as a single, ‘Piece of the Action’ is the perfect evidence of what the record has to offer. In it, keen listeners will encounter a magnetic and gripping brand of vintage rock’n’roll, with a surprisingly complex guitar solo delivered by Rick Ross. Young Rusty Reid’s lead vocals are certainly quite dramatic and luscious, here navigating cheeky themes of lust and romantic desires. Overall, ‘Piece of the Action’ is a wonderful throwback to the American artist’s rawer years, with a mixture of rock and country that never lets anyone down.
Delving deeper into ‘The Unreasonables’, Reid explains: “None of that heady stuff on this album, just the ups and downs, starts and stops, bumps and bruises of romantic love… performed by a crack group of Houston musicians.” Sounds reasonable: this is a record worth your time, even just for historical reasons.
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