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I knew I was going to love Human Question from The Yawpers as soon as I heard the lead off track, "Child of Mercy." It's a three minute burst that starts off as a down home country rock song. Sure, it's a little edgier than your typical country rock song, but it's still country rock. And then the song just explodes into this insane noise rock epic, all while still having the twang of country. I was immediately in love upon the first listen. Human Question  never quite hits this level again, but insisting that it should would be impossible to maintain. It's ten songs that blend country rock, punk, metal, and noise rock into this seemless blend. Not every song is every genre, and the songs sometimes meander into different genres one right after the other, but this album is an absolute delight to discover. Songs of note: "Child of Mercy," "Dancing On My Knees," "Earn Your Heaven," and "Forgiveness Through Pain"

Photo by Megan Holmes Every so often we come across a song that completely blows our minds and doesn't sound like anything we've heard before. This new song from The Yawpers is that type of song. Jeff described their 2017 release Boy in a Well as " A somewhat schizophrenic effort that has a foundation in the rootsy genres." That did not prepare us for their new song at all.   For their new album, The Yawpers recorded together in a single room, helping to give "Child of Mercy" an energy. The Yawpers are on Bloodshot Records, so you know it will fall into the alt-country category. But "Child of Mercy" is alt-country meets Goo and Dirty era Sonic Youth, but metal. You get a great intense alt-country song with a killer groove throughout, and then these absurd noise bursts kick in. But these are intensely heavy noise bursts. The song clocks in at just over three minutes, but it feels like an eight minute epic considering everything you've been ...