SYA012  THIS DAMN TOWN

'This time'  7" e.p.

300 copies - black vinyl

50 copies - blue vinyl

July 2005

SOLD OUT

track list:

This time / If I told you / Two broken fingers

TDT is a supergroup from Austin with Alex Cuervo (Blacktop, King Sound Quartet, Now Time Delegation, A Feast Of Snakes, Gospel Swingers) - Kari Luna (Gospel Swingers, Now Time Delegation, Grownups) - Jeremy Diaz (Riverboat Gamblers) - Dillon Strange (The Order Of Svengalis). This is their fab debut. Think of kinda Blacktop meets Knoxville Girls meets Gospel Swingers... naaaa, don't think, baby - enjoy it!

REVIEWS

English

Alex Cuervo (Blacktop, A Feast of Snakes, The Now Time Delegation) never seems to disappoint his fans and the first 7” by his new outfit is another winner. The songs are great, the singing is very good, the music is awesome : a perfect debut! This Damn Town sounds like the missing link between Ben Vaughn and The Beasts of Bourbon and I really hope a full-length is in the making. Classy messieurs et madame!

(Luke - Batarang! webzine - November 2005)

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Debut 7" from Alex Cuervo's new group also feat. Jeremy Diaz, Kari Luna and Dillon Strange. AC's CV makes R'n'R headhunters cream their pants. Cuervo has played with Blacktop, Now Time Delegation, Gospel Swingers and Feast of Snakes and This Damn Town proudly carries on in the same crude tradition. The group sounds like some punk stole the hillbilly from a late 50s Sun session and borrowed the drummer a real drum kit, added an organ and told everybody to CRANK it up and forget about radio play. Nothing new under the moon, but taking the best parts of some of the best music and rocking the fuck out is not such a bad thing, when pulled off by talents like these. Definitely an act worth getting aquainted with, so start collecting today.

(Morten - Lowcut Magazine #30 - December 2005)

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This Damn Town brings the mind the type of bands that were running American regional music circuits in the '20s through the '50s; bands that earned in their living in roadhouses, shacks in the middle of forest, bunkers, and jamborees for little more than pay to the next town, dangerous encouters with any combination of women, men, shady business deals, drugs, and the love of music. But what came out of it no longer seems to exist on the national stage: steel nerved, roots-ready bands that, no matter what they're playing, is muscled through with meaty chops and excellent musicianship. It's not flashy because those so secure in their playing can always kill the listener at any speed. Up front, is a languid - but not relaxed - Lux Interior vocalist that sweetens the deal.

(Todd - Razorcake #30 - Jan. 2006)

German

Mit drei Nummern, die zwischen einfachem Garagepunk und munterem Rockabilly wandern, präsentieren uns Shake Your Ass Records das neue Kleinvinyl der texanischen Band THIS DAMN TOWN um Alex Cuervo (Ex BLACKTOP), Jeremy Diaz (RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS) und Bassistin Alyes (MANIKIN, nicht die Schweden!). Die Einflüsse der Großen des Metiers (JACK O’ FIRE, PUSSY GALORE, OBLIVIANS etc.) sind natürlich immer rauszuhören, doch Sänger Alex ist natürlich selbst auch schon eine ganze Weile in dem Metier tätig. Besonders schön ist der langsame Country-Blues von „Two broken fingers“ geraten, der eindrücklich verdeutlicht, welch ein großer Verlust doch der jähe Abgang von Jeffrey Lee Pierce war, dessen Spirit doch in jeder Sekunde dieses Werks zu spüren ist. (8)

(Gereon Helmer - OX Fanzine #62 - fall 2005)