''AgriDustrial '' is the seventh studio album by American rock band

Legendary Shack Shakers The Legendary Shack Shakers (originally Those or Th' ) are an American rock band from Murray, Kentucky that was formed in 1995 by J.D. Wilkes. The original line-up formed the band out of a shared interest in rockabilly, blues and Western swing ...

. Released on April 13, 2010, the album was the only release by the band to feature guitarist

Duane Denison Duane Denison (born January 21, 1959) is an American guitarist best known for work with the avant-garde rock band The Jesus Lizard. He is also a founding member of super-group Tomahawk. Biography Denison began his musical career by studying c ...

as part of the band's line-up.

Composition

In 2008

joined the Legendary Shack Shakers, and the band shifted their sound, with Wilkes calling this new sound "agridustrial", explaining that it is "kind of chunky industrial patterns, but give it kind of a rustic feel ..like the sounds of farm implements, that clanking cacophony of rural industry. Kind of like how

Johnny Cash John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American Country music, country singer-songwriter. Much of Cash's music contained themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially in the later s ...

used a train rhythm." Chad Radford of ''

Creative Loafing Creative Loafing is an Atlanta-based publisher of a monthly arts and culture newspaper/magazine. The company publishes a 60,000 circulation monthly publication which is distributed to in-town locations and neighborhoods on the first Thursday of ...

'' described ''Agri-Dustrial'' as "an album that mashes the rhythmic industrial plod of farmland industry with wide-eyed

rock and roll Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock 'n' roll, or rock 'n roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It originated from African-American music such as jazz, rhythm an ...

". According to ''Paste'' magazine, the album incorporates "anvils, hammers and other soul-crushing apparatuses" into its musical composition.

Reception

Chad Radford of ''

'' said that "distorted percussion and layers of

ambient noise Background noise or ambient noise is any sound other than the sound being monitored (primary sound). Background noise is a form of noise pollution or interference. Background noise is an important concept in setting noise levels. Background n ...

..make ''Agri Dustrial'' a masterpiece of

experimental music Experimental music is a general label for any music or music genre that pushes existing boundaries and genre definitions. Experimental compositional practice is defined broadly by exploratory sensibilities radically opposed to, and questioning of, ...

Track listing

# "Melungeon Melody" – 0:34 # "Sin Eater" – 3:13 # "Sugar Baby" – 1:57 # "Nightride (The Ballad of the Black Patch Riders)" – 2:36 # "Dixie Iron Fist" – 2:31 # "Two Tickets to Hell" – 2:57 # "God Fearing People" – 2:56 # "Greasy Creek" – 2:03 # "Hammer and Tongs" – 4:04 # "Hog-Eyed Man" – 1:54 # "Dump Road Yodel" – 2:11 # "Hoboes Are My Heroes" – 3:18 # "Everything I Ever Wanted to Do..." – 2:43 # "The Hills of Hell" – 1:42 # "The Lost Cause" – 2:34 # "Killswitch" – 0:42

Personnel

* Colonel J.D. Wilkes – vocals, harmonica, banjo, piano, organ, Jew's harp * Mark Robertson – slap and bowed upright bass, electric bass, guitar, background vocals *

– guitar, "prepared" guitar * Brett Whitacre – drums and percussion * Layne Hendrickson;- percussion

References

2010 albums Legendary Shack Shakers albums {{2010s-rock-album-stub