Closing the demo is another combined track “You Look Like I Need A Drink / Turn Those Clapping Hands Into Angry Balled Fists” a track guaranteed to get all the diehard Against Me! disciples to go insane upon hearing it regardless of the take. After hearing this song, and album for that matter, I wondered why the band even bothered to travel to Memphis in the first place.
The demos may very well just be a money maker for Against Me! and Fat Wreck Chords but honestly, who cares? It was a good listen and I am happy to add it to my Against Me! collection. Tom Gabel actually had this to say about the demos, “Recorded and mixed in only a couple of hours, The Original Cowboy was only meant to be a trial run, but, listening to it today, there’s a part of me that feels foolish for ever recording these songs a second time.” I could not agree anymore Mr. Gabel. These demos sound better than most fully mastered stuff out there.
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