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Javelina knocking at my door song8/11/2023 But subsequent spins and patience are rewarded. In fact it’s one of those records that may feel a little too fey, or conversely, too sugary at first taste. Keeping you on your toes is what renders Javelina so compelling, even after you’ve smashed the repeat button a few times. “Get The Money” sounds like it could be a track from some 90’s pop rock outfit, even if it delivers a harrowing cops and robbers story, filled with an unexpected twist of self-realization. The opening song “Javelina” about some desert character crossing into old Mexico is about what you’d expect from Red Shahan, even if the bursts of horns and the keys high in the mix catch you off guard a bit. These are earworms that burrow deeper into the brain, and down to the heart and soul. If anything, it rises to meet the demand of the soaring moments and rising choruses to give you substance behind the infectiousness, enhancing the experience that much more, and gracing it with more longevity. After listening to the drab production of your average Americana record, and/or the twangy moments of your favorite hard country records that rely mostly on muscle and nostalgia for their appeal, you listen to a record like Red Shahan’s Javelina, and it sounds like the first time you ever heard Tom Petty.īut unlike some other projects that try to pull this off, Red Shahan does it a level better because the songwriting doesn’t suffer. Red Shahan has done what some others have done before, which is tapped into the energy and big hooks of rock & roll, infused it with the melodic sensibilities of pop, and delivered it to a country audience. Let’s just pull the curtain back a bit and explain exactly what’s going on with this album that so many are raving about. But the music comes blazing out of your speakers, alive and enthused until you catch all those feels that only the old iconic classic rock albums gave you. It’s still graced by the presence of the grit-edged cowboy poetry that was so emblematic of his earlier records. But not someone whose name you would see emblazoned in the biggest font at the top of a festival poster.īut for his 3rd record, Red Shahan delivers the ambitious and spirited Javalena that has this already-beloved songwriter receiving praise from all corners, and that very well could constitute his big breakout. Highly regarded as a songwriter by his peers and contemporaries, Red Shahan was nonetheless cast in that 2nd tier in the Texas and Red Dirt music scene-someone for those who really love to stick their nose deep into the music and discover something unexpected. Maybe you saw him at a festival when he was booked in that dreaded late afternoon spot on the side stage, when the sun comes blazing right in the face of the performer, and most patrons are resting up for the headliners to take the stage later. Maybe you found favor with his somewhat conceptualized last record Culberson County, which drew its inspirations from the vastness of West Texas. Maybe you’ve heard of Red Shahan from near Fort Worth, Texas before.
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