Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers - Gift Horse, A short review
The SK & the 6ers concert I went to is still one of the best I’ve ever been to. That was back when my friend Hunter Sharpless rocked the roads with them, writing on the delights and downfalls of road life with a genuine, hard-working band. They just released an album, “Gift Horse.” For being alt-country, folk rock what have you, they have a pretty eclectic mix. You can hear the grunge influence, lyrically in the tune “Who We Are, Who We’ll Become” as they reference Pearl Jam, and then in the tune “Song For Lovers” where SK reminds me of the singer from the band Live. Lyrically SK makes some poignant observations without being preachy (always hard to achieve). Overall a solid album.
Highlights: The first and last tracks of the album are probably my favorite. (That’d be “Gravity” and “Noelle, Noelle.” I’m always a sucker for taking standard phrases/idioms/cliches and injecting them with more meaning)
