Wild Sweet Orange: We Have Cause To Be Uneasy

We Have Cause to Be Uneasy
Wild Sweet Orange
(SONY BMG)

“I saw 10 dead dogs on the side of the road.”
It grabbed my attention, too.

“Ten Dead Dogs” begins We Have Cause To Be Uneasy in a catchy way, though not to the extent that you get upset when the song plays in your head throughout the day.

Wild Sweet Orange is an alternative band but branches out as Preston Lovegood tests his vocal cords screaming in “Tilt,” “Either/Or” and “House of Regrets,” and guest Matt Parson’s banjo picking in “An Atlas to Follow” adds a hint of that good ol’ country sound.

The band sings about the usual — life experiences, insecurity, regrets and faith — in a lyrically pleasing way, and a high lyrical quality is consistent throughout the CD, including lines such as When all your bad boys have gone sour/And you’re shivering cold, alone in his shower/Oh baby, that soap won’t make you clean/You’re screaming to Jesus to just let you bleed.

We Have Cause to Be Uneasy deserves a prime slot in your CD player and a well worded recommendation to a friend. —Caitlin Bowling