Haymaker! - The Gourds
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  • Summary: The Austin, Texas band releases its ninth album.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Paste Magazine
    85
    The Gourds' ballads have always been witty and danceable, but on Haymaker! the lyrics have more emotional range than ever before.
  2. Uncut
    80
    Exultant opener 'Country Love' and Cajun rumbler 'Shreveport,' like most of Haymaker!, just sparkle. [Feb 2009, p.82]
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  3. Mojo
    80
    Here they sound commanding and convincing as they do on-stage. [Mar 2009, p.111]
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  4. All Music Guide
    60
    The band's ninth album continues the Austin-based ensemble's penchant for offbeat Southern minutia and melodious, after-hours juke joint revelry, but despite boasting production values that rival anything before it, Haymaker! feels less like the blow to the face that its title implies and more like a last quick rummage through the basement before the garage sale starts.

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