Pete Berwick

The Damage Is Done

(Self-issued)

Various scribes have assigned to Pete the designation "Cowpunk pioneer." I wouldn't. Not because it's not true (it emphatically is), but because it makes him sound aged. Whereas this 2022 document asserts his vitality. He uses loud, galloping guitars and urgent percussive drive as propellant for his own defiant, drawled voicings. Indeed, Pete commands with a swaggering brashness that only the seasoned can pull off. The pioneer is still making dirt fly.

Recommended: "She Ain't Got Me," "Finger Down My Throat," "The Damage Is Done," "Timeclock On the Wall," "You'll Get Used To It," "Ghost Tears," "There You Go Again," "Don't Know How," "Haunted Heart," "Fool In Love"

Video: "She Ain't Got Me"

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