What a great day! The postman arrived with something I’d been looking forward to with great excitement… In Time. That’s what I was waiting for, the new Mavericks CD which is called In Time.
It has fourteen wonderful tracks, in many ways harking back to the Mavericks early work, full of energy, vitality and flair, and a truly original sound. Many people have said that their music defies being pigeon-holed and it really does; as you listen there are even sounds reminiscent of North Africa in among the almost-country, almost-Latin, almost-rockTex-Mex; there are horns and guitars and accordions and keyboards and drums and percussion… the more you listen the more you get, familiarity does not breed contempt, only respect and awe at what they do and how they do it!
There was a nice little review in The Independent yesterday:
This accomplished posse of Floridian borderliners have been gone a long time, maybe for good reason. But they’re back now, all troubles set aside, and the results are good.
Raul Malo’s Orbisonian bel canto tenor is as undiminished as the rest of the band’s feel for Tex-Mex-Miami rock ‘n’ country is still sharp. They are gifted with a kind of shiny formalist flourish, which is great for atmosphere but not for deep reach. And they do it extremely well. Party on.
Listen here:
Lois Elsden 
Lois: re. the SHOES. I’m pretty sure that Eddie told me last Wednesday in Edinburgh that the shoes ARE his. (I only say “pretty sure” because I hadn’t, actually, at the time, seen the photo he seemed to be talking about.) But he had another ridiculously cool pair of shoes on in Edinburgh, which is how we got on to the subject. He said he seems to be becoming something of a shoe collector and really, especially with legs like his, why the hell wouldn’t he?!
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