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Amanda Jo Williams latest offering, The Bear Eats Me , is chock full of catchy rockabilly band numbers, with multi-layered recordings featuring cherubic choruses and good ol’ honky tonk. It’s dusty jukebox rock that will wake the kids in the middle of the night for a boot-stomping, moon-invoking dance party on the back porch. Comparisons? Try Hank Williams Jr., Joanna Newsome, Melanie or June Carter ,  Lucinda Williams as well. But that's not all, there is a surreal taste to the album, something quirky and off-kilter. Add  Devendra Banhart  to the list [...]

• Amanda Jo Williams - The Bear Eats Me