NEON UNION

                                                              "Bout Damn Time" 

                                                              Red Street Records

Neon Union, the duo comprised of Leo Brooks and Andrew Millsaps, may just be dropping their debut single “Bout Damn Time,” but they’re certainly not newcomers to country music.

They’ve been making a huge mark on the Music City scene over this past year with high profile songwriter gigs, an Opry debut that saw them earn a tremendous ovation for their song “Colors,” and have caught major attention through their working relationship with country superstar Jimmie Allen, who manages the duo and has championed them since he first brought the two solo artists together.

“Bout Damn Time,” a song written by heavyweights Tyler Hubbard, Michael Hardy, Hunter Phelps, and Jordan Schmidt, sees them emerging out the gate with a song that smashes their influences of rock and country into an up-tempo anthem that speaks directly to the heart of the down-home, blue-collar, country type.

The vibey, harmonica laced bounce that opens the souped-up melody of the song through its intro immediately pulls you in and gets you grooving along as your toes begin to tap along in perfect rhythm, as their back-and-forth vocals slide in to give you a flavor of what each individually brings to the table.

Encompassing every different type that you’ll find out in the sticks the duo perfectly strikes exactly who they are trying to reach through the verses when they describe them through lines such as:

“The catfish cookers, the farm tanned crew.”

“The truck bed lookers, the cornfed hips”

“The ball cap boys with the six-inch lift.”

“A truck tire sinker, a fire water drinker ‘til your thinkin’ gets heavy.”

By using simple, vague descriptions like this, the duo leaves the lyrics loose enough that they are describing just about anyone and everyone, which instantly gives the song a connectibility factor to the listener.

They’ve also recorded the song in such a way on the production side that it will absolutely lend the energy punch to a live show as it contains several scream along with lyrical moments and rhythms that keep hips popping, while also providing shredding guitars through the bridge that give way to an irresistible clap along moment into the final chorus.

Neon Union loudly states their goal with this song as being to “throw a party on the radio,” and whether that door opens still remains to be seen, but either way, if you’re a good ‘ol country kid, then raise ‘em up – this one’s for you!

(Review Written By: Jeffrey Kurtis)