Music Review: Butch Walker and the Black Widows - The Spade - Page 2

The CD continues with the hard-driving song, "Bullet Belt," about how he might just be a "chip off the old bullet belt," what with his mother's stories about sneaking out her window and his father's tale of an "Iron Maiden concert in a Carolina parking lot." It's a reference this South Carolina-born and raised reviewer just loved.

Finally, Walker closes the CD with "Suckerpunch," a hilarious song about a classic rock theme, getting in a fight in a bar. "Suckerpunch" was obviously fun for the band, and it's fun for the listener too, illustrating Walker's quick wit and ability not to take himself seriously at all.

Altogether, this is a pure feel-good music, with no pretensions, a multitude of hooks, and guaranteed to have you dancing and singing along.

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