{"id":2065,"date":"2013-04-11T11:55:18","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T15:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=2065"},"modified":"2013-04-10T19:37:22","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T23:37:22","slug":"mud-blood-beer-the-sweet-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2013\/04\/11\/mud-blood-beer-the-sweet-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Mud, Blood &#038; Beer: The Sweet Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?attachment_id=2066\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2066\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/MBBTSL-500x488.jpg\" alt=\"MBBTSL\" width=\"500\" height=\"488\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2066\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/MBBTSL-500x488.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/MBBTSL.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nOn their second record, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Mud-Blood-Beer\/16505850645\">Mud, Blood &#038; Beer<\/a> have added some hard rock muscle to their country bar band sound, and the results are fantastic.<\/p>\n<p>For example, there is this tune, which I love in part because they manage to make nasturtiums sound kind of dirty:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"100\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/v=2\/track=3665536027\/size=venti\/bgcol=FFFFFF\/linkcol=4285BB\/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mudbloodbeer.bandcamp.com\/track\/nasturtiums-in-bloom\">Nasturtiums in Bloom by Mud, Blood &amp; Beer<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAnd also these two, which which I love because I love aggressive almost-fuzzy guitars and sing-along songs:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"100\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/v=2\/track=741570115\/size=venti\/bgcol=FFFFFF\/linkcol=4285BB\/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mudbloodbeer.bandcamp.com\/track\/matches-gasoline\">Matches &amp; Gasoline by Mud, Blood &amp; Beer<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"100\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/v=2\/track=3039008894\/size=venti\/bgcol=FFFFFF\/linkcol=4285BB\/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mudbloodbeer.bandcamp.com\/track\/break-your-heart\">Break Your Heart by Mud, Blood &amp; Beer<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nIf you&#8217;re in New York this weekend, you can hear them play songs from the record at their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/362711363843540\/\">CD release party,<\/a> which is Saturday, April 13 at the Bitter End at 8 PM.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><font SIZE=2>DON&#8217;T FORGET TO TAKE THE NTSIB <a href=\"http:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/s\/29MN2QG\">READER SURVEY<\/a>!<br \/>\nGoal: 140 responses<br \/>\nActual responses as of this post: 11.<br \/>\nPlease, y&#8217;all, help us out. 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