This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
“I been a good girl, I been taking my pills,” claims Trailer Bride singer and songwriter Melissa Swingle on Dirt Nap, one of the songs on her band’s third album.
Well, I don’t know what she’s taking, but if they’re mood elevators, they ain’t working, bubba. And thank heavens for that. You’ll like Swingle’s world-weary country croon just the way it is — with a little bit of Courtney Love’s husky sensuality, some of Carla Bozulich’s tragic warble, and even a smidgen of Exene’s country-punk sneer. Put it together with her band’s southern-gothic C&W minimalism and you’ve got a real bitter pill you’ll be begging to swallow. Open up and say ahhhh…
