Boca Chica- Transform into Beast Review

Artist: Boca Chica
Title: Transform into Beast
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/bocachica
CDBaby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bocachica2
Style: American/ Roots/ Alt Country/Folk
Label: Carrot Top, Ltd
Rating: 8.1 out of 10
By C.W. Ross

 

At the heart of Boca Chica is singer/songwriter Hallie Pritts. Her vocals have a very distinctive sound that can be easily recognized after the first time of hearing them. Think of Lisa Lobe meets Patsy Cline. Her sounds also been compared to early Neil Young.

 

Hallie isn't doing it alone though she's also surrounded herself with a fine cast of musicians. They provide the rhythm and rich string parts found in the songs along with the often misaligned accordion that works well, like that one extra spice added in a cooking recipe, to take it up a level.

 

This is the second release from them that I've had the pleasure of hearing. The first one, an EP, had more of an alt. country feel to it while on this one they've seemed to move more in a roots/folk style direction.

 

You'll still find some country sounds though in songs like track-8 "Your Name in Lights (Oh my, Oh hell)." The band even gets a little bit rocking in track- 6 "My Favorite Rockstars," where they let the electric guitar parts come to the forefront and play with the rest of the other stringed instruments.

 

It all ends up with a short one-minute instrumental, "Happy Ending." The band does a solid job on Transform into Beast and that should help to allow the band to continue making their part of the musical spotlight grow larger.