Keepin' Chaos At Bay

Description

For decades, Pat Todd has scoured the dark corners and back shelves of the Americana thrift store and honed an extraordinary sound. The new album encapsulates everything he has learned throughout his career about all things rock and roll, in a paltry dose of punk rock, country, blues, and 1970s roots rock, full of hooks and tricks. For decades, Pat Todd has roamed the dark corners and back shelves of Americana’s thrift store and refined an extraordinary sound. The new album encapsulates everything he has learned throughout his career about all things rock and roll, in a paltry dose of punk rock, country, blues, and 1970s roots rock, full of hooks and tricks. While these fundamentals have always fueled The Rankoutsiders' anthemic songs, they fully materialize on "Keepin' Chaos at Bay," one of the most rockin' and poignant albums of Todd's career, and no one, absolutely no one, plays it like Pat Todd. "Pat Todd is the most heartfelt rock'n'roll singer-songwriter on the planet. He makes the rest of us look like a bunch of fakers," is how Blaine Cartwright of Nashville Pussy describes Pat Todd. The lyrics on this 14-track album are imbued with chaos, devotion, deceit, love, and mystery. Premier League songs are also a constant with The Rankoutsiders: the songs are packed with stunning melodies and subtle little hooks. Original new tracks such as "Why I Sing," "The Company One Keeps," or "Victim Of Dedication" harken back to his former outlaw rock band The Lazy Cowgirls, while the country folk punker "Poison Water" infiltrates the blood. "That Little Bit Of Nothin'" takes the listener through the highs and lows and is full of heartbreak and longing. The cover of Leonard Cohen's "Tower of Song" shows how the band can rearrange this song for themselves and transform it as if it were their own. "Keepin' Chaos at Bay" was recorded last year at Steady Studios in Burbank, California, by Gavin Ross and was produced and arranged by The Rankoutsiders. Pat Todd is once again joined by guitarist and founding member Nick Alexander; longtime guitarist and vocalist Kevin Keller, who also takes lead vocals on "You're Gonna Lose It All"; Steven Vigh on bass and Walter Phelan on drums, the rhythm section, who take the songs to the next level.