Rainstick Cowbell releases Hand over the Heart
Artist URL: https://rainstickcowbell.com/
Rainstick Cowbell who goes by the name of Scott Arbogast is a hot running artist from Portland, Oregon. His latest CD released in 2014 is entitled “Hand over the Heart.” Nowadays making music is so accessible to anyone and being that we have the do it yourself attitude, it just makes sense. Most bands don’t want to sit around just waiting for someone to make our dreams come true, they are doing it themselves. This latest album by Rainstick Cowbell is an extremely thought provoking, at times captures the pure essence of intense Singer/Songwriter and Alternative Folk at its most intimate. All 11 tracks provide a intensely exhilarating experience that can tingle the senses into submission. In this aspect I think I get Arbogast. If you’re looking for a sappy love record this may not be for you. If your looking for The White Stripes – again not for you. If you are looking for something in simple but somewhat dark and clairvoyant – it’s the perfect record for you. The frontal core member of Abrogast and his guitar are at the forefront of each piece. His voice fits this style of music like a hand in glove. Rainstick Cowbell delivers middle ground between gripping ballads and raw honest al-rock subject matter. The first 2 tracks (Uncle Merv comes home to try to save the farm) and (The Perils of Patriotism) are like pouring gasoline on a fire. I guess the closest artist I would compare him to would be Ola Podrida. I can also hear Longhorn Slim, Patrick Park, Nathan Retekiff, Horse Feathers and even The Low Anthem.
