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Press
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What they're saying
Victory Music Review, Tom Petersen (Review of Cheap American Lager)
Just makin’ sure nobody in Austin or Athens or St Paul starts thinkin’ that they’s the center of Alt Country, Creeping Time runs it up the flagpole out here at one of the original corners of the No Depression sound. Dang straight. Cheap American Lager is one loud record: acoustic instruments played hard, pumped along by the proverbial gorilla-at-the-drum-kit. After the initial shock, though, the quality of the songs comes through. Bassist Ken Nottingham gets most of the songwriting credits, and he has a excellent sense of structure and plenty of imaginative material to share, including a whack at local history, “ Lyman Cutler.” (Look him up, transplants.) Guitarist Michael Spaly mates some modern themes to good old honkin’ country much more successfully than a lot of big name writers these days, too. Bloodshot Records ought to hear these guys, and so should you.
folkmusic.about.com's "Best Folk Artists You've Never Heard Of" list, Kim Ruehl
"...the band has no real front man. All its members know when to shine and when to back off, resulting in a perfectly balanced, tightly driven organic machine of music."
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Ballard News-Tribune, Jason R. Olcott (Band Interview)
"...Cheap American Lager, is chock full of fiery fiddle-driven bluegrass and country rockin' jams."
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JJ, Blue Moon
"Ugh. That's all I have to say."
Country Home Website - Germany (Review of Cheap American Lager)
"Bluegrass from Seattle? Acoustically? Hmmm....
...It can produce tension, the energy probably corresponding to the age and passion introduces into the play, convinced. Amazingly, as young the musicians are. And still more amazingly, as good. Music for Bluegrass fans."
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The Stranger, Paul Constant (Show Review)
"...but nobody minds, especially when country band Creeping Time takes the stage. Creeping Time at first seem to be jokey honky-tonk, but their Bob Wills–style improvisations prove they love the genre too much to laugh it off. Everyone's dancing, and down in the hot tub a man is smacking his girlfriend's bethonged ass like a bongo in time to the two-step...lordy, it's gonna be one of those nights."
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The Barometer, Darrin Crescenzi
"...Creeping Time is a band that defies categorization. With
a sound falling somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle of Southern bluegrass,
Mid-West country and So-Cal punk, the band's diverse musical style
appeals to almost everyone who hears it..."
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The Tablet, Dan Halligan
"Creeping Time are an almost punk acoustic band.
It's not that they sound punk rock, but they have an amazing level
of energy and speed that you might not expect from a fiddle, guitar,
harmonica, drums, and vocals. Part bluegrass, a little rock and
a smidgen alt country, their recently released Live 2002 CD is packed
full of fast movin', booty shakin' fun. Its a great recording for
a live release, too."
Vigilance, Ed Idder
"Creeping Time is a Seattle band featuring stand-up bass,
drums, guitar and fiddle full of the screaming meamies. They write
songs about the blue collar blues, hiking the Elwah river, time
machines, and chicks from San Francisco. This band sounds like a
hell of a lot of fun. Little bit country, little bit rock-n-roll,
little bit devil's-spit-flyin' crazy hoedown..."
Ballard New-Tribune, Jessica Davis
"Concertgoers were treated to some foot stomping and good, old-fashioned bluegrass mixed in with a selection of more modern tunes at Ballard's Conor Byrne Pub...The concert drew such a crowd, the pub reached capacity and eager customers were lining up outside to get in almost all night."
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