Not to be confused with a California girl duo of the same name, this Dutch trio offers some dirty, swampy, full-force cow punk. The opening track Damn the Damage starts with furious banjo, bumping bass drum and jagged guitar that never lets up from then on. This is akin to what the Legendary Shack Shakers would have delivered in the past - a band who doubtless had an influence on the trio. Elsewhere there are strands of rockabilly, blues and punk woven into the torn fabric of these male cowgirls.
The trio of Harry Kingma, Joost Dijkema and Michiel Hoving are enthusiastic and effective players, with the latter two responsible for all the songs, which are sung in English. Animal husbandry seems to play a part too; as in Chickenstew or even the cover illustration theme.
There is enough variety here to keep it interesting; Down South is built over a insistent guitar riff and some ensemble singing. The riff has a Beatle-esque tone that works to its advantage. Loose has some tasty deep baritone guitar twang and a gravelly vocal delivery over the prominent foot-played percussion. There is a swampy, dirty sucking sound to Homemade Rust that is again built around a bedrock of rhythm guitar and double bass with some turbo guitar picking and a vocal from Dijkema, its writer, who has a different sound to Hoving, the other vocalist. Alligator, which closes the album, has a nice semi-Creedence feel that is again centred around an insistent guitar riff and the functional drum sound on this tale of an unwanted interloper.
This trio make Americana influenced music that is every bit as “authentic” as those who hail from the US and Bucking makes for a pretty good ride for those who like a rough edge to their roots rock rodeo.