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Album Review

Mr Plow
...presents the Book of Common Despair Pink Box

Article written by Matt H - Oct 23, 2009

Mr Plow is a loser. And I think he is a boozer. So you'd better make that call to the Plow King!

Brave. You don't align yourself with the genius of Homer Simpson lightly. But Mr Plow carries the burden well. Utterly unsimpsonslike, these fine songs come from a similar, if less quirky, place to the Handsome Family - harbouring a dark sense of humour amid the downbeat Americana. As a bonus the mood is leavened from time to time with a welcome touch of boom-chikka-boom and rockabilly, not to mention an out-and-out tribute to Link Wray.

The lyrics have a clever simplicity and a determination to evade cliché manifests itself through the song subjects. Rather than thanking the Lord from saving him from drink or drugs, Mr Plow thanks him for the uppers that curb his nastier instincts, his failed suicidal hayseed is a Punjabi cotton grower. And in his way he's capable of simple warmth - as on Lullaby #2. He even manages to lob a few rocks at US driven wars without embarrassing himself - on Mr Plow vs the Axis of Evil. Which all adds up to a very impressive collection of songs.

Links:
http://www.mrplowsplace.co.uk/
http://www.pinkboxrecords.com/
http://www.myspace.com/mrplowsplace