When you look at a CD and the cover has a festively plump man in a white shirt and cowboy hat staring soulfully at you out of the corner of his eye, his neatly trimmed goatee hiding his double chin, and gold necklace glinting in the flash of the photo, you know that the album is going to be interesting. And by golly 'Labor Pains' is certainly that.
Michael Lee Austin has the typical deep, throaty voice that is expected from American Country singers, and this voice sings songs that are expected from an American country singer. Nothing too depressing, nothing too upbeat, simple tunes about getting drunk in the town bar, loving women, and God. As you do.
The album is packed full of tunes indistinguishable from one another, with soaring violins heard above the twang of the slide guitar, and a beat you can tap along to. This album makes perfect driving music for your Dad and/or American hicks and is certainly interesting- but possibly not one for everyone.
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