Pink Stones - Thank The Lord... It's The Pink Stones [CD]

"We believe in some pretty strict rules," says Pink Stones frontman Hunter Pinkston. "We also believe in breaking them. This band was built on reimagining tradition, on honoring the old ways while pushing them someplace new." On their intoxicating new album, Thank the Lord... it's The Pink Stones, Pinkston and his bandmates do precisely that, offering up a joyful, adventurous take on '60s twang that blurs the lines between cosmic country, folk, bluegrass, soul, and psychedelic rock. The result is a record that wears it's influences proudly on it's sleeve, even as it a subverts expectation, a work of poignant longing and playful humor that tips it's cap to everyone from Merle Haggard and Earl Scruggs to Don Williams and The Byrds as it looks both forwards and backwards all at once.