mustangs of the west

​Mustangs of the West (from the album Time available on Blue Elan Records)  (by Bryant Liggett)
Labeled a country band, purists may claim Mustangs of the West take a few liberties when it comes to their approach to Country music. Who needs labels anyway? Any liberties taken are well played on Time, the recent release from Mustangs of the West, as confident steps are taken down paths that walk away from the Country brand. Country be Mustangs of the West base as they freely stretch their songs into wherever they please as Time finds the all-female, Los Angeles based Country band playing everything from airy folk ballads to Laurel Canyon inspired, harmony heavy Country Rock. 
A fiddle drives the album opener in “Long Gone Down the Road,” with its clever word play of ‘I’ll let the dust, settle on the two of us’, it is a song of confidently putting your past behind you and moving on. “I Blame Love” questions human similarities, asking ‘why do people shake their head when heartache happens?’ while the common response of ‘it’s complicated’ comes next, the phrases backed by ambient and airy guitar. “Potter’s Field” is a mid-tempo yearn for the past, “Dancing on the Moon” an aching ballad while a Telecaster guitar intro pushes Mustangs of the West toward that pure Country label for “In the Real West”. 
A gritty Blues guitar leads “Do The Math” and makes for a pleasing pairing next to the clean vocals while “Seven Summers,” with its atmospheric pedal steel is a somber nod to a passed friend that close Timewith a heart-tugging weeper. (by Bryant Liggett)
 
Listen and buy the music of Mustangs of the West from AMAZON
For information, go to the Mustangs of the West website
 
 

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