By Tom Geddie
"Miles from Nowhere is a young country-rock band with a potentially fine future. Bloodline, the group’s second CD, is an attitude filled romp through a youthful, rough-edged, macho land where there’s ample hope for realization, despite all the burned bridges. Among the well-crafted songs is the lead-off title tune, which establishes the idea of a hard-working, proud presence as “another stranger in a strange land.” “(What you gonna do) When I Get Mean” is about exactly what the title says; in “Stand,” a man says goodbye to his pain and misery, but will miss her; in “I Can’t Win,” which is the CD’s purest country song, his baby’s leaving him. “Queen of California” laments his baby’s move to the West Coast, claiming she’s “just another girl to me.” Bloodline was produced by Dan Baird, former lead singer for Georgia Satellites, who adds harmony vocals, electric slide guitar, percussion, and B3 organ to the band’s sound. The CD is a good, fairly consistent listen for a band that could be on the edge of a breakthrough."
January 3rd, 2008