Jeremy Porter & the Tucos - Partner in Crime (2013)

Tracklist

01. Castaways
02. Little Miss Awesome
03. Wedding Day
04. Pizza Girl
05. Goddamn Thing
06. What You're Doing Today
07. Still Waiting Here
08. Partner in Crime
09. Wandering Eye
10. Make Out King
11. Barely All the Time
12. You Owe Me a Heart

In 2010, after nearly two decades of counting highway markers in bands like the Offramps, SlugBug, and Fidrych, Southeast Michigan-based country-folk/power pop/roots punk noisemaker Jeremy Porter decided to go it alone, releasing the rambunctious yet introspective Party of One. His second outing, the rough-and-ready Partner in Crime, finds Porter back in the van, though this time around it's full of Tucos, or to be more specific, Offramps and Fidrych bassist Jason Bowes and Hotwells drummer Gabriel Doman. Nervier and punchier than his debut, with highlights arriving via the beer-goggled, devil-may-care rockers "Make Out King," "Pizza Girl," and "You Owe Me a Heart," and the raw and nostalgic "Wedding Day" and "Still Waiting Here," Partner in Crime finds the sweet spot between the Replacements, Matthew Sweet, and Uncle Tupelo, yet retains the grizzled, diesel-smoke patina of the Midwest.

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