(~circa 2004)Here's a Review we got back before "The Gods of Music" website got taken over by c0nsensus.com:

"Despite my regrettable attempts to slap a genre label on this, I realized at about the 6-minute mark of the track that this simply cannot be pigeonholed. It has this infectious way of progressing through various textures and moods; the 5-minute mark being a gorgeous summer, sunset, inspired embellishment before the final symbol crashes.

Mentioning summer sunset, this is definitely a summer track with which to wind down your over-worked, stressful lives. Call it therapy. The song stages almost create a chronology of daily activities on a scorching summer day in rural America. The kinetic pounding of the swing drum puts you on the road, open top, cruising along a lonely highway. It's after 2 minutes that the chord progression changes and the guitar starts to jab in a funk inspired groove as you enter the livening outer suburbs of the city, the vocals guiding you with style and charisma. The main progression that pops back up does not have a particularly original melody (typical country-folk style G C D major progression) but there are unexpected trail-offs that keep you interested. A nice arty heat wave of shimmering guitar melts the last two minutes away beautifully. I love the progressions through this stage of the track and the drum's snare flicking and rolling softly adds a heavenly touch to it all.

Technically, being part of lo-fi aesthetics, Mountain Girl keeps deeply routed in the southern baked soul of the music rather than fancy technology getting in the way. I found myself sharply laughing through my nose with a respectful smile because this is clever pop song-writing all round without the blandness of chart pop mathematics. Although the sounds aren't complexly layered or too rich, the track's charm lies within the character given by the excited rhythm of the percussion and the clean guitar, the chilled vocals and the progressive structure. There is enough material variation to effectively hold up the sub-8 minute journey.

Is it me, or do I hear an Elvis swagger on the slower, quieter moments (refer to 3:25)? If it's not just my brain taunting me, Rubber Gypsy have brought more back to life than just country, funk and folk in this good-feeling, cool breath of musical air..."

Mike Beatham