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The second album from Fort Worth’s 100 Damned Guns starts off right
where you would expect, with a honky-tonk love song about lost love,
which is the sound that fits the band best. Indeed, Musica de Tormento
continues the band’s mixture of honky-tonk-meets-bluegrass rave-ups and
your standard, classic-sounding, heartstring-pulling songs.
Dave Sherrill still sings the bluegrass-leaning songs like the
album’s second track, “Ain’t That Bad Anymore,” and Judd Pemberton
still takes the lead on the traditional country and honky-tonk songs
like “One More Time.” At times, Sherrill’s monotone and bellowing
vocals can be a little much to handle, but it fits neatly into gems
like “Old Barbwire” that are sprinkled throughout the album.
Where this album excels, though, is in capturing the band’s live
sound. It’s a step in the right direction for songwriting and
musicianship that comes with endless live performance: On Musica de
Tormento, 100 Damned Guns sounds tighter than ever.
The album also pulls off a feat that is hard for a band of any
caliber to match: There’s very little filler here. If the boys keep
this up, national notoriety could be next.
