Back Porch Mary

Time of the Broken Heart (Smith Entertainment)

Back Porch Mary is best served with a cold six-pack, complement to the band’s twang-fused rock riffs and ballads loosening 2am regrets. The local quartet’s fourth effort opens on do-or-die manifesto “This Band” but settles quickly into the title’s more disillusioned ruins with Mike Krug’s burned vocals cutting bitter (“Harsh Light of Day,” “I Won’t Look Back at You”) and broken (“Heartache,” “I’m to Blame”).

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This article appears in August 8 • 2008.

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Doug Freeman has been writing for the Austin Chronicle since 2007, covering the arts and music scene in the city. He is originally from Virginia and earned his Masters Degree from the University of Texas. He is also co-editor of The Austin Chronicle Music Anthology, published by UT Press.