ARTIST: Rex Hobart And The Misery Boys
TITLE: Empty House
LABEL: Bloodshot Records
GENRE: Country
TIME: 36:05 min
SIZE: 50,10 MB
RIP DATE: Mar-25-2005
RELEASE DATE: Feb-22-2005

Track List:

01. The Good Ain't Gone                        03:17
02. Every Night I Leave You In My Mind         03:34
03. Don't Make Me Break Your Heart             03:34
04. It Won't Be Long (And I'll Be Hating You)  03:34
05. I Just Lost My Mind                        02:41
06. I Don't Like That Mirror                   03:46
07. The Tear I Left Behind                     02:55
08. Empty House Dawn And Twilight              03:54
09. Let's Leave Me                             03:21
10. Heartache To Hide                          03:29
11. Black Iron Bridge                          02:00

Release Notes:

Those who were looking for an exciting new creative
direction from Rex Hobart & the Misery Boys on their
fourth album for Bloodshot, Empty House, are going
to be fresh out of luck when they slap this into
their CD players. And of course, it serves 'em right
-- Hobart is a honky tonk man through and through
and he respects his form, as does any worthwhile
musician. Empty House is 100 proof country music in
the manner of Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and Faron
Young, and like a bottle of good bourbon this music
has a way of soothing your heartache and reminding
you of whoever it was who broke your heart at the
same time. With this in mind, Hobart and his
partners have the sense not to try to reinvent the
wheel -- they just try to put a fine set of tires on
it and let it roll, and Empty House is the honky
tonk equivalent of a fresh set of steel-belted
radials. Hobart writes songs in the classic style
without simply following the path blazed by others,
and his band plays with heart, soul, and concision
that bring a freshness and emotional currency to
songs like "The Good Ain't Gone," "I Don't Like That
Mirror," and "Let's Leave Me." Just as there are
tens of thousands of compelling stories you can tell
within the framework of 12-bar blues, Rex Hobart
understands just how many different ways a heart can
be broken, and that a good honky tonk songwriter can
find a great song in each of them; that's just what
he does on Empty House, and damned if he doesn't
satisfy on all 11 cuts.

