"When I first saw these guys play, I fell in love with their stage performance. After purchasing the first album, I fell in love with the music. And now they have gone into the studio, and turned out this beautiful, warped, wonderfully twisted ride through a haunted mansion. I find myself listening to it in all moods, for the music varies greatly - from madness to love to hate to crazy joy. This band not only knows the classics to a T - but they know how to update it without making it sound disturbingly modern. This is the only band that I ever go to see when they grace my town, because every show is mind boggling. Buy this album and enjoy the ride - if it were $100 I would still buy it twice. Swing Or DIE!"
Worth Every Dead President You Spend....
P. Bradley | CT, USA | 06/25/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The only way to describe this CD is it is a musical mixture of Tim Burton and Glenn Miller. It sounds great, looks great, and is more entertaining than a drunk monkey in a pink tutu...Buy this CD."
If you can't see them live, this is the next best thing
Ritz Campbell | Los Angeles, CA | 05/08/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is quite possibly one of the best swing bands out there. Their unique style of gothic swing is like no other. The energy this band brings is unparalleled and their CD captures that perfectly."
Uneven
Ritz Campbell | 06/10/2001
(2 out of 5 stars)
""A camel is a horse designed by a comittee." That is an apt description of this, Lee Presson and the Nails's second CD. It seems to be pulled in two different directions. On the one hand, you've got Lee Presson's great original songs like "Hat Back Boogie" and "That only Happens in the Movies," which is reminiscent of Indigo Swing. But the original songs that Lee didn't write just don't seem to fit. Leslie Presley sounds beautiful as always, and she does her best with Larry Sweeny's "He's still a Mystery to Me" and "Shadowman" but they still sound like they were written for another band. Ironic, since the songs that WERE written for other bands, like Elvis Costello's "Wave a White Flag" and the Stones' "Jumping Jack Flash" (!!) are the high points here. I guess they were pressured to have more original songs but face it boys, it's better to have a good cover song than a bad original song. This CD has both.I think their latest CD, "El Bando En Fuego!" is their best."
BUY IT! BUY IT! BUY IT!
BataBing | Ca. | 07/13/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is truly the coolest swing CD out there. The reason, because it's truly "out there." Totally twisted songs that never seem to get boring. This is truly one that you can listen to over and over again. Lee Press-on has the most unique and diverse sound that will keep you guessing from track to track. My favorite tracks include Hat Back Boogie, the way cool Devil Drums, and Ghost riders in the sky. Buy this album, then do yourself a real favor and see this band live."