The Mother Truckers - Let's All Go to Bed (CD)

All Music Guide

Though the band name and title might lead you to think it's a porn rock album or some such thing, the Mother Truckers' Let's All Go to Bed is the kind of goodtime roots rock that many listeners associate with the music scene of the group's Austin, Texas base. There's a lot of country in their sound, as well as some folk and raunchy bar band rock, more often than not executed with a grinning upbeat delivery. The femalemale harmonies of Teal Collins and Josh Zee do much to distinguish them from the many other bands, from Austin and elsewhere, in roughly the same boat. For the most part, however, it's rather typical fare for the genre, though that's hardly a bad thing. It's admirably varied and eclectic, from honkytonkish stompers (though these fall short of being so vicious as to be cowpunk) and the "Honky Tonk Women"styled "Streets of Atlanta" to fairly tuneful, delicate ballads that give Collins the spotlight.

- Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide