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This review starts with the 1981 hit single by Kirsty MacColl 'There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis'. It sounds like a blueprint to me in the way Class Out The Ass kicks off and moves somewhere between country and country rock, It may well be that MacColl's novelty hit never made it to the States like it did here and Ms. Peach only listened really well to '(You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie' by Emmylou Harris when writing.
Anyway, it sets the scene, as Miss Georgia Peach and band leave the studio with screeching, smoking tires when they kick the album off with 'Shut Up And Drink Your Beer'. Ms Peach and her partner Travis Ramin worked again with Ruyter Suys, Blaine Cartwright, Mark Hendricks, Earl Crimm and Scott Luallen of Nashville Pussy and Nine Pound Hammer fame. The fun they had making Class Out The Ass simply jumps from the record. They clearly love playing these songs.
The songs move from country to pop but all come with a bite. Even the true country songs have more body than some rock songs. This shows in the lead notes that can sound out all of a sudden. One of my favourites there is 'Dusty'. It has a nice 1960s feel, while the singing and the overall sound make it far more modern.
Not all songs have to be taken seriously, like how the relationship song 'You're The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly' ends with Blaine Cartwright and Miss Georgia Peach laughing before the fade out. All in good fun or not, the band is making the music in a serious way, as Class Out The Ass is very well made. Anyone can hear this. The music resulting from this process is good time fun. There are no other words for it.
Wout de Natris - van der Borght
You can listen to and order Class Out The Ass here:
https://rumbarrecords.bandcamp.com/album/class-out-the-ass
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