Slim Cessna’s Auto Club blends punk attitude with Gospel fervor, traditional C&W roots, and rockabilly riffs, creating a mutant strain of spiritual music that sounds like it was brewed up in some mountain hollow. Cessna is the band’s main vocalist and songwriter, a prophet without honor with a background seeped in mystery. The rest of the band – Rev. Glasseye, Munly Munly, Tim Maher, Dwight Pentacost, and Judithann – aptly support Cessna’s musical ministry. As you might guess, the lyrical direction of The Bloudy Tenet, Truth & Peace concerns itself with sin and salvation, the benefits of a simple country life and the evils of modern society. A thought-provoking collection of songs by a talented if slightly off-center band, The Bloudy Tenet, Truth & Peace is unlike anything you’ll hear this year. Gospel music from Hell’s half acre? Joyful noise from the Devil’s playground? Only the Lord hisself can judge… (Alternative Tentacles Records, 2004)
Review originally published by Jersey Beat zine...
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