David Childers & The Modern Don Juans – Burning In Hell

Continuing with the fearlessness of 2005s Jailhouse Religion, David Childers again hitches his smartly barbed words to the dusty ferociousness of a confidently muscular band. Childers tales tend to present a first impression of bleak circumstances. The opener, Mama, sports the line, I knew shed kill me one day, while What Will Become Of The Child paints a picture of a little boy sitting on the courthouse steps while his daddy is on trial inside. What keeps such songs from spiraling right down the drain into unrelenting gloom is the uplifting nature of the invitingly rambunctious music. The bands feisty grooves are the glimmer of hope that shines into every dark corner.