From BLOODSHOT RECORDS -- Chicago's "Home of Insurgent Country" (home of
THE WACO BROTHERS; ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO; NEKO CASE, and
ROBBIE FULKS, to name a few) -- comes SPLIT LIP RAYFIELD's self-titled debut
CD of all-acoustic scorched earth thrashgrass. Kirk Rundstrom (Wichita, KS),. Eric
Mardis (Lawrence, KS), and Jeffrey Eaton (Gumbo, MO, pop. 80), go with what they
know -- whipping out originals about cars, farmer tans, cars, liquor, tractors, hillbilly girls,
and cars. "Split Lip Rayfield" also delivers a couple of obscure diesel-fueled covers about
trucking -- "Long Haul Weekend", "Pinball Machine", and a classic ode to gas-o-leen --
"Tiger in My Tank". These Kansans know how to drive, they know how to pick, they
know how to rock: wide ass open.

SPLIT LIP RAYFIELD combines (no pun intended) an "ain't it lonely out there" mix of
sorrow, boredom, and anger in their vocal harmonies, true-to-flatland-life, lyrics, and
frenzied, razor-sharp playing to make one helluva storm -- twisting metal and bluegrass
into fearsome shapes, blowing the roofs off of barns coast to coast, and leaving two-headed
calves stuck in the trees. It ain't no shtick, and that's what makes it feel so scary --
and feel SO DAMN GOOD:

Nan Warshaw
BLOODSHOT RECORDS   912 W. ADDISON CHICAGO IL 60613-4339 USA
phone: 773-248-8709    fax: 773-248-8702