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Never Been Nowhere

Huck

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This century, so far, has been rough on a lot of us sensitive types, but if you want an antidote to the six o’clock news you could do worse than Huck’s newest release, “Never Been Nowhere.” Relentlessly upbeat, this trio of Scott Ricciuti, Danny Lucas, and Paul Dagnello from the Boston-Worcester-Lowell, MA area has polished their sound for over a decade; a thinking-man’s mix of reflective acoustic and politely aggressive distortion. From the first song, you realize lead singer Ricciuti hangs each song on big, sturdy hooks. The album, come to think of it, sounds like a tribute to the best songwriters of the past few decades. “Deep Blue Sea” is reminiscent of “Pleased to Meet Me”-era Replacements. “Spyglass” gets the full Matthew Sweet layered-vocal treatment. And “Rock & Roll,” at a length of 1:54, could be the lost set-list closer from a CBGBs gig by The Ramones. “Figure Eight” is a tribute, literally, to the late Elliot Smith—Huck has turned tragedy into hope by giving him a hummable, cheerful tombstone. And in “Lost,” one finds echoes of Neil Young at his most earnestly plaintive. When they digress from quiet contemplation, though, Huck really bares their fangs. “Go to Sleep Little Sheep” is anything but sleepy; it’s an angry warning on the perils of politics, blue or red. “Pop Song,” with its syncopated rhythms and smooth choruses, strives to be what it seems; a radio-friendly ode to writing a radio-friendly song. A song more apt to end up on the airwaves, however, is “I Want to Solve a Crime,” a goofy joyride of a tune that sounds exactly like you’d expect it to, and includes the album’s best throwaway line, “I wanna be the D.A. or the dick…” More so on this release than in the past, Huck lets their acoustic flag fly, and while this might seem to be evidence of a creeping maturity, they’ll still write a line like “matted hair and bleeding eyeballs, while the morning hangover falls” on “Fade.” Ricciuti writes, as John Lennon did, like a man perpetually in love. The word “she” is everywhere in these songs, and Ricciuti truly believes in love—the pain of it, the joy, its ability to redeem. Ultimately, that’s what rock and roll, and Huck, does best.

Once in a while

Once in a while an album comes along that creeps up on you to become your favorite of all time. Not because every song on the album is great, or not necessarily because you can understand everything that they sing about. But sometimes it's because the stories that those songs tell have a relationship with you so deep that it almost feels like they know you, it becomes the story of your life... and with each chord and each verse it becomes more clear that they do, in fact, know you. Of course they don't. And every song on the album is great. Huck is great.

WOOt!

I love that this got on iTunes, partly because Scott Riccuiti is my uncle, and I also love this album. The songs are great rock songs and I have friends that love them also. I highly reccomend this album for anyone that likes rock music.

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