Local riff-rockers Woodshed Havoc deliver 10 tunes of southern fried shout rock to get you up and dancing, but is their formulaic radio rock ready for you? The songs, from opener “My Gun” to the chaotic “Love Sick” and moody “The Grunt” are straight out of the 90s in many of the wrong ways - kinda cheesy vocal delivery, an abundance of harmonica, and you get the feeling that if they ever heard Uncle Tupelo, they’d wrinkle up their noses and say “that’s got no balls, man!” The comparison to The Burning Hell might be lost on them as well in “Snow Boot” but who knows? Musically, it’s all technically proficient but lyrically it just doesn’t stand up. Though if you just wanna rock out in a pair of Lees, this one’s for you.

Published in Volume 68, Number 11 of The Uniter (November 13, 2013)