MARTIN SEXTON SUGARCOATING AUTO LP VINYL NEW (US) 33RPM
Disc: 1
1. Found
2. Boom Sh-Boom
3. Always Got Away
4. Livin The Life
5. Sugarcoating
6. Stick Around
7. Long Haul
8. Shane
9. Wants Out
Disc: 2
1. Friends Again
2. Easy On The Eyes
3. Alone
4. Just To Be Alive
5. Beast In Me (Live)
6. There I Go (Live)
7. Diner (Live)
8. Glory Bound (Live)
April 2010 release is now available on vinyl: 2LP; 180-gram AND every copy is autographed! Given that Martin Sexton waited seven years after his album Wonder Bar to release Seeds, the fact that a mere three years passed between that disc and Sexton's next studio set, Sugarcoating, suggests something resembling urgency about getting these songs out to his fans. And if in many ways Sugarcoating follows a stylistic path that Sexton has pursued in the past, the title cut is certainly a surprise, a jazzy shuffle leavened with slide guitar and silky harmonies whose lyrics offer a pointed critique of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and how they were sold to the public, a blending of sweet and sour that recalls Phil Ochs "A Small Circle of Friends." Sugarcoating is short on surprises, but the ones that are here work, and if you've liked Martin Sexton's work in the past, chances are this one will please you too All Music Guide