It is always impressive, with what simple, almost spartan means it Chris Eckman knows how to create an intense musical mood. The songs on this album dominated mainly acoustic Gitarrenbegeleitung and brittle, raw vocals of the Walkabouts masterminds. If you like the song meager sketches of Howe Gelb or unplugged stuff from Bruce Springsteen, it's no wonder. "Harney County" has all the confirmed holding Chris Eckman for the unerschätztesten songwriters of our time.
