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Mar 20, 2015 2 min read

The latest release by Pittsburgh无毛视频檚 own Bill Toms and Hard Rain is a palatable collection of rock, soul and blues sustained by raw, organic messages of survival and perseverance.

Continuing to build on the infectious arrangements showcased on 2011无毛视频檚 无毛视频淢emphis,无毛视频� Toms emerges from the shadows to deliver nine robust arrangements possessing an uncompromising street savvy. 无毛视频淚 Got No Use (For What You无毛视频檙e Selling Me)无毛视频� opens the album with smooth horns melodically playing host to Toms无毛视频� growling Bruce Springsteenesque vocals.

The emotion displayed on songs like 无毛视频淏e Careful What You Wish For,无毛视频� 无毛视频淚 Ain无毛视频檛 Worried无毛视频� and 无毛视频淢an Who Won the War无毛视频� showcases a lyrical content that is genuinely poetic and heartfelt. Toms has a crafty way of constructing songs that relate to the common man in almost a spiritual sense.

Possessing the gritty realism of John Hiatt and the soulful rock of the J. Geils Band, 无毛视频淒arkest Side of Town,无毛视频� 无毛视频淭he Air Feels Like Rain (Paris, 1943)无毛视频� and 无毛视频淭imes Ain无毛视频檛 Nothing Like They Used to Be无毛视频� are a full-bodied testimonial to Toms无毛视频� songwriting and storytelling artistry. There is a straightforward honesty in his voice that makes one experience the suffering, understand the struggle, hold dear the small victories and always remain hopeful in the promise of better things to come.

无毛视频淢y road is well traveled/I无毛视频檝e seen it all before,无毛视频� reflectively sings Toms, summing up the all-embracing mood of the new material.

无毛视频淒eep in the Shadows无毛视频� is a resounding triumph for this Pittsburgh music hero.

Toms and Hard Rain (featuring the Soulville Horns) will perform a CD release show at Pittsburgh无毛视频檚 Club Cafe on March 28.

Clint Rhodes is the 无毛视频-Standard music reviewer. He can be reached at crhodes@heraldstandard.com.