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In the wide world of the blues there are legends, wanna-bes and those who take the art one more step forward and Hillstomp has proven here that it is firmly entrenched in the latter camp. Hillstomp pays respect to tradition with that (and with Mississippi Fred McDowell's "You Done Told Everybody") but also writes its own entries in the ongoing story of the blues with "Jackson Parole Board Blues," "Boom Boom Room East Blues" and the simply beautiful "Deep Knee Blues." The joyful noise lasts throughout the 11 songs present here but it's impossible not to stomp your feet, claps your hands and dance your way through the album's first half as Kammerer and Johnson tear through "Momma Told Papa," "In The Hole," "Shake It" and even a rip-snortin' version of Muddy Waters' "Can't Be Satisfied" that'll move you into givin' a unbridled hoot or holler on nearly every beat. band returns with its sophomore outing, an intense, hyperkinetic 42-minute ride that expands and improves on the vision the boys (guitarist/vocalist Henry Kammerer and percussionist/vocalist John Johnson) so expertly revealed on their debut outing One Word. Shake loose some particles from punk 'n' roll, sprinkle 'em all over some stompin' Hill Country music rambunctiously played on hot slide guitar and plastic buckets, a handful of cans and sung through vintage mics and what you get is Hillstomp. "The Woman That Ended The World - Review"