Brandon Kinney is reviving an irreverent form of country that follows in the footsteps of Country Music Hall of Famer Roger Miller: skewed images, offbeat personalities, unpredictable phrasing—enough oddball elements to keep the listener a little off balance, but continuously aware that Kinney doesn’t take himself, or the world around him, too seriously. Seriousness is “not in my personality, which is probably not always a great thing,” he admits.His idiosyncratic view of the warped world aro...
Brandon Kinney is reviving an irreverent form of country that follows in the footsteps of Country Music Hall of Famer Roger Miller: skewed images, offbeat personalities, unpredictable phrasing—enough oddball elements to keep the listener a little off balance, but continuously aware that Kinney doesn’t take himself, or the world around him, too seriously. Seriousness is “not in my personality, which is probably not always a great thing,” he admits.His idiosyncratic view of the warped world around him is oddly evident in “Smells Like Texas,” a debut album with a party atmosphere and a punchline title.The project is loaded with love-inducing alcohol, a religious kook, a cranky wife, a masculine transvestite, a perpetual lounge lizard, a grandma with a biker boyfriend and a trailer-park beauty who’s the 21st century poster child for trashy women. It’s a laughable walk on the weird side—country with a twisted smile
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