Before he was in Sugar or became the Drive-By Truckers’ producer-of-choice throughout their career, David Barbe led the Athens, GA trio Mercyland, who made one minor classic with 1989’s No Feet On the Cowling.
The locals at that time with whom they most identified were Bar-B-Q Killers, Jack-O-Nuts, Liquor Cabinet (Jack Logan), the Primates, Skin Pops, Eat America, and Time Toy. Barbe says, “Looking back, we were open-minded about most music. Other than funk-metal. We never were into any of that late 80’s backward baseball cap music.”
The legendary Athens, GA post-punk band’s sole album has been fully remixed and remastered for this November 3, 2023 reissue.
Barbe went back to the master tapes and was able to remix the album to the robust sound that he intended it to be back in 1989.
The lost American Underground classic album now sounds bigger and better than ever. Finding a raw but tuneful midpoint between British post-punk and American rock & roll, the band never sacrifices melody for power (or vice versa), adding counterpoint vocals and lyrics that explore the human experience without falling into obvious clichés.
