Clint Osmus & The Bushmills - Clint Osmus & The Bushmills

Texas and Oklahoma have their own 'cottage' industry where bands can rise through the ranks and record and release albums without worrying about huge sales numbers. Does their sound project a bright or bleak future?

Some tracks on this self-titled debut were produced by Red Dirt legend Mike McClure (of The Great Divide fame) and others by Jerry Payne of No Justice.  Not surprisingly, the album is line with the country-rock approach of Osmus’ Stillwater predecessors – McClure, No Justice and Jason Boland & The Stragglers.  Darcy McKee plays bass guitar, Jeremy Clark is on drums and Cody Patton is the lead guitarist.
Patton shines on songs like “Never Met You”, which has more of a rock edge, and Osmus vocals are far superior on the ballads like “Pass You By” and “Stranger”.  We learn why good girls stay away rambling men on “Sweet Alicia” – the highlight of the album aside from “Stone”, about a musician who chose the road over his sweetheart.  It clearly has the most straight-ahead country approach on the album.
There’s also a recurring theme of songs about women missing the narrator – “Someday”, “See You Around” and “When She Runs Back Into Me”.

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