Tijuana Hercules

At a time when "Saturday night" is called into question, Tijuana Hercules's latest mini-LP "Evening Dressings" is here to escort you into oblivion. This one finds the band further pushing its patented "hillbilly trance" modus operandi: a greezy sensory deprivation chamber of boundary-busting blues, spaghetti-strung grooves, and tangled psychedelic roots music. Tijuana Hercules is led by John Vernon Forbes formerly of Mount Shasta. Mixing the American Vestapol finger-picking guitar style of the 1850s with the space-age sound of synthesizer and theremin - along with a tasty dash of junk percussion - "Evening Dressings" comes to a boil in a down-home, gamma-radiated stew.

Years in the making and featuring the talents of more than 20 musicians, Tijuana Hercules's "Mudslod and the Singles" finds the band deep-diving into its patented "hillbilly trance" sound: an oxygen-depriving bouillabaisse of boundary-busting blues, spaghetti-strung grooves, and tangled psychedelic roots music. Features singer / guitarist John Vernon Forbes of Mount Shasta and a stunning roster of players culled from the ranks of Iron and Wine, Cheer-Accident, Califone, and The Hairy Patt Band.