On Bulletproof, their first album with the Yep Roc label, roots/rock rogues Reckless Kelly explore fragility in relationships and the state of our country. The band's fifth studio album shows their signature duality of barroom ballads and rocking fight songs at its pinnacle.
Bulletproof features a superb songwriting collaboration between frontman Willy Braun and country icon Robert Earl Keen on "God Forsaken Town," a song about a person holding out from evacuating during Hurricane Katrina The grit and gristle of Braun's voice brings the vulnerability of love songs like "A Guy Like Me" and "Bulletproof" to life without the threat of ever being saccharin. One of the most poignant tracks on Bulletproof is "American Blood" a song criticizing the war in Iraq because of the loss of American troops. Braun sings of their painfully true stories (now Johnny can drink all day / 'cause he's twenty-three / he donated his legs / to the worldwide land of the free / he cries god bless America but god damn Uncle Sam / while he stares through the tears / with American blood on his hands) and the band shows their support of the troops on this page of their website recklesskelly.com/rksoldiers.html While Willy Braun (guitars, vocals), Cody Braun (fiddle, mandolin, vocals), David Abeyta (electric guitar, vocals), Jimmy McFeeley (bass), and Jay Nazz (drums) haven't released a studio album since 2005's critically acclaimed Wicked Twisted Road, they remain road warriors and as much of a Texas staple as buckles, boots, and Budweiser. The band recently gave a first listen of the new album to the John Boy & Billy Show, the influential local radio DJs who launched Robert Earl Keen's career. Listen to three tracks including the ferocious guitar driven first single "Love In Her Eyes" now at recklesskelly.com/BP_preview.htm Bulletproof track list:
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Reckless Kelly is back on the rock n' roll stage with Bulletproof, their most ambitious and venomous album to date. Rollicking guitars and a relentlessly aggressive rhythm...
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