Song of the Day - May 10, 2006

Centro-Matic has been receiving quite a bit of press lately for their album Fort Recovery. Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers has praised Centro-Matic's Fort Recovery calling it his favorite album of 2006. Will Johnson and his band of Texas cohorts have been producing albums for at least ten years and this may just be their best work yet. A few have labeled them freak pop, however, I find them to be more from the Neil Young school of rock. They can combine quiet acoustic, country tinged ballads, with songs that are much harder in nature. "Calling Thermatico" is one of the tracks that favors their harder sound and is my favorite track from their latest opus. Click here to listen.