The Small Stars

Tijuana Dreams

How can you take a band seriously that dresses in matching jackets/vests/tiger-strewn outfits when you know they don’t do the same? Guy Fantasy (aka Fastball’s Miles Zuniga) and his Vegas troupe of nonchalants blast through catchy yet trite odes to the grind on their second LP. Highlights “Twentyfourseven” and the Joe Ely-voiced “That’s What God Made Whiskey For” add swagger to an otherwise family-friendly album. **.5

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