It's the classic rock & roll story: a talented and scrappy band gradually emerges from a fertile local scene, gets its act thoroughly together over the course of three steadily improving albums, and just as it's ready to make its mark on the wider world, it falls apart. Dumptruck's third album, For the Country, was its last; the core duo of Seth Tiven and Kirk Swan had split up with Swan's departure, and legal troubles would sink the band for good shortly after the album's release. There ...   [ read more ]

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Originally from Massachusetts, now based in Texas, Dumptruck is widely known and critically acclaimed for their swirling guitar melodies, catchy rifts and dark lyrics. Started in the Eighties by Seth Tiven and Kirk Swan. Former members include: Kevin Salem, Brian Dunton, Shawn King Devlin, Spike Priggen, Steve Michener and Tom Shad.

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On its sophomore effort, Dumptruck used a real producer (the estimable Don Dixon) and almost lost its soul in the process -- Dixon does a good job of brightening up the colors in the band's sound and coaxes hooks seemingly out of thin air, but there are moments when it seems as if he and the band are infatuated with studio effects; the echo level on "Secrets" is tasteless, and the drums are seriously overprocessed on "Autumn," for example. But Dumptruck's ensemble sound and songcraft have...   [ read more ]

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