Blog: PopMatters

There's some Drive-By Truckers, Little Feat, and Flying Burrito Brothers, but what's interesting is how the band so effortlessly takes these influences and twist them to their advantages. There's a certain charm to the Band of Heathens that sets them apart from many of their Texas Americana counterparts. Perhaps it's the recklessness of their craft, or the genuine Texas charm they sell so easily, or perhaps it's their back story that (given the band's name) should map out like some type of typical outlaw legend, only to be much more simpler than the mythos of Willie or Waylon. Three [...]