MUSIC

Goode's Armadillo Palace presents Shurman.

You can attach many handles to Shurman's music...country rock, cowpunk, rock-n-roll, alt-country, Americana, but none of them really nails the bands sound. There is an elusive sweet spot at the crossroads where soul music, country, and rock’n’roll intersect, and the Austin, TX-based band Shurman hits that bulls-eye dead on. The band is gaining a reputation as a “must see live act” built on their sweat-drenched shows that pack a powerful punch of rock laced with Motown inspired melodies and just the right amount of twang.

Underneath the energy and grit of the band’s performance lie songs that breathe the truths of unrequited love, every day life experiences, and emotions that are both familiar and haunting. The foursome’s latest offering for Sustain/Universal Republic, Still Waiting for the Sunset, is a smoking 12-song tour de force that blends the best of heartland rock with an enthusiastic nod to the rebels and hell-raisers of Country music’s past. The record blasts off with a propulsive kick of barroom existentialism on “Is It True” and wraps up with the blistering twang and statement of musical purpose of “Three Chords.”