A picked electric under Baker doing his best Jagger, starts the overdriven “Rockskipper,” the last tune on Techniculture. I’m not sure if the trio left the best for last, but this tune is great. Loud, too noisy for its own good, Loftin rumbling through the beat, and the band at times sounding like they are going to lose their way completely, this is a perfect mess ender to a collection of brilliant rocking 10 tunes.

“Little Shove” opens, built around a roiling banjo and Steve’s low vocal, while “Into the Ether”,” one of the best tunes here, is made from a strong strummed acoustic and Hussey’s sexy, almost breathy verse delivery. The tickle of Eddy’s vocal and banjo ‘plicking’ rounds it all out to a very memorable piece.These two work in perfect sync really to one another. I liked the flick acoustic rhythm blues of “Master your Mind,” as it chunks along it builds even more dangerously, with some wild dobro playing from Eddy….this ‘boy’ certainly can play! The title track is a sweet acoustic tune, again with just the right touch of banjo and mandolin behind Hussey’s longing-for-a-girl lyric and the touch of harmony vocal in the chorus sets this one off as another gem here…the fiddle is perfectly placed as well.

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