Frankie & The Deadbeats "The Possibility That Love Is Not Enough"

Description Pressing Info The Bakersfield sound of twangy guitars. The pedal steel. The heavy drawl. The common signifiers of America’s country and western music are steeped in tradition and culled from the landscape, but there is also something rich and universal in those sounds, something that transcends borders. The timbres tie the sound to a place, but the real virtues in country music come from the storytelling, the approachable melodies, and the personal stamp on the well-honed template. On their debut album, The Shining, the Czech ensemble Frankie & the Deadbeats deftly paid homage to the sound of the American west while imbuing their music with Slavic fatalism and punk irreve