ALBUM: The John Henrys - ‘Sweet As The Grain’

Written by: Hugh Platt

December 1, 2008 · Filed Under Releases, Review 

Country Music frightens me. You know that scene in Terminator 2 where he walks into the bar, beats that guy up, melts his face on the kitchen hob and nicks his threads? Country music was playing in the background. Not to mention every brain-scarring psycho moment in Deliverance - remember the kid with the banjo? Exactly. Country music is the twangy veneer on nasty things.

Except The John Henrys don’t play up to my self-created stereotype. At all. The Canadian five-piece have about as much darkness to them as an over-enthusiastic children’s TV presenter, locked in Dr Smile’s House of Happy Pills.

The John Henrys play ‘Thought Yourself Lucky’ live:

Their 60’s shake-shuffle and hazy blues might not be enough for me to get over my fear and prejudice of all things country, but in amongst all that twanging I hear an album that smells like the first whiff of a fresh whiskey bottle, rather than the glum final dregs. The John Henrys are Good Time Boys, not Good Ol’ Boys, and foo to you if you can’t enjoy a bit of that.

‘Sweet As The Grain’ came out today on True North Records. For more info, check out their official website and their MySpace page.


Sweet As the Grain

9lb 2008, Audio CD, £13.99

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