The Devil Makes Three - Do Wrong Right

 Our buddy Rob turned us on to this album by DMT (along with their debut) and it's another highly melodic, bouncy acoustic romp through early Americana-ish original tunes.

"All Hail" could be a cousin to "Hail Hail, The Gang's All Here", upbeat'n'harmonious, in a banjo-led, small-town Americana kinda way - sounds like something that would be played at a country jamboree - while the title cut is fiddlin; tune made for dancin', while "Gracefully Facedown" is another cautionary tale of the excesses of alcohol with a catchy, old-timey melody and backed by a boppin' banjo'n'acoustic guitar. "For Good Again" is somewhat Dylan-esque until it gets to the more harmonious chorus and some country guitar'n'fiddle pickin'n'strummin', they do an original (to me, at least) take on "Statesboro Blues" with banjo'n'blues harp, "Johnson Family" is an old country waltz, "Poison Trees" is a harmony-driven mover, "Help Yourself" is a bouncy religious moral tale with a sizzlin' slide break,  things slow down a bit for the sorrowful "Working Man's Blues" that has a verse sung by the woman in the band, which is unusual for this combo altho she has a fine voice, the rhythm starts swingin' again for the upbeat slide blues of "Aces and Twos" - some fine acoustic'n'electric playing on this one, "Cheap Reward" is a country-styled, complete with steel guitar, riff on Elvis Costello's "Lip Service", although changed around enough to be original, other than the tag line, and they close out with an acoustic folk tale in "Car Wreck". (Funnily enough, there's a bit of backwards masking after the last song concludes!)

I really dig these cats and their individualist acoustic sounds, fine songwriting and harmony vocals. Neat stuff!