"I'm Not the Road" is the second album from NYC-based indie band Whisperado. I've been listening to it pretty steadily since it came out a couple weeks ago, with immense and ever-growing pleasure. Whisperado have a kind of rootsy, country feel, and the lyrics and vocals are somewhere in the sweet spot between Ry Cooder and Jimmy Buffet, with a lot of humor and a little pathos. As ever, I'm most fond of the uptempo numbers, like the Bo-Diddley-beat "Insatiable Sally," a kind of hymn to bad TV; and "Teenage Popstar Girl," which reminds me of the more countrified Violent Femmes tunes. But the whole album's a treat, and it's available from CDBaby as a disc or an MP3 download.

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That’s now on my to-buy list.If you like that alt-country/folk sound you should check out Lauren O’Connell @ laurenoconnell.bandcamp.com
Steve Taylor

Nice – does Patrick sing or someone else?
Teresa Nielsen Hayden

Patrick plays guitar and sings backup vocals. He sings lead on “Miss Ohio” and “Pharaoh.” Bassist Jon Sobel sings lead on the rest.

Whisperado's "I'm Not the Road": rootsy, countrified album with a lot of humor and a little pathos

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