Bluegrass from a rough, bar band. Most of the fourteen songs on this album are hardcore murder ballads. Chris Mason of CDReview.com writes: "Raww is one of the most compelling songwriters I've heard in a long time-so convincing are these twisted tales of bloodshed, I'm relieved the guy has found a proper creative outlet. Raww has a keen eye for detail and doesn't go for deliberately shocking examples of grotesquerie (although "I Kept Her Heart" delivers on exactly what its title implies). Listen to "Bucket of Guts" and you'll swear Old Willie is the latest reincarnation of Stagger Lee-the lively picking and grinning instrumental break seems to cheer him on. The best songs here explore the events that lead up to killing and its inevitable consequences, not the nasty act itself. " Wait 'til the next album.

STAB!