Pete Berwick
Bedtime For Bikers
(Self / Shotgun Records)
Middle Tennessee Music's Joshua Smotherman put it definitively: “Pete Berwick is one of the best things to happen to alt-country leaning, roots and folk music since Johnny Cash made his impact on this planet."
No disputation will be heard from this quarter. (One relishes equal measures Cow and Punk.) A blue-ribbon panel of Blue Ribbon guzzlers couldn't have compiled a finer testament to Cowpunk's snarling sinew. Tracks' geneses range from 1992 to 2023. Select cuts pogo on Ramones turf; "Nuclear Boy" even includes a Joey-esque "Oh, baby" between acerbic couplets. Those wishing to raze dilapidated skyscrapers could either rent a wrecking ball or blast Bedtime For Bikers from a Mothra-sized Champ amp. Upon listening, readers will grasp why I recommend all tracks.
Recommended: "Finger Down My Throat," "Is That What You're Tellin' Me," "Must Think She Loves Me," "Vacancy in My Heart," "One Last Shot," "The Damage is Done," "Nuclear Boy," "Renegade," "You'll Get Used to It," "I Keep Waiting," "Outsider," "Can't Hide the Tears"
Videos: "Must Think She Loves Me" (live in 2002) "Nuclear Boy" "Can't Hide the Tears"
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