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  • Summary: The latest full-length release from Los Angeles alt-country band Lone Justice features demo tracks from singer Maria McKee' 1992 solo album You Gotta Sin To Get Saved with additional overdubs by guitarist Ryan Hedgecock.
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  • Record Label: Afar
  • Genre(s): Country, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Roots Rock, Country-Rock, Heartland Rock, College Rock, Cowpunk
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  1. Mojo
    Oct 28, 2024
    80
    Viva Lone Justice reminds us of all that made the original line-up special. [Dec 2024, p.92]
  2. Oct 28, 2024
    80
    This is the album Lone Justice should have been allowed to make in 1983, and in 2024 it remains music full of heart, soul, and passion. It was worth the wait.
  3. Uncut
    Oct 28, 2024
    70
    “You Possess Me” and Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You” are out-and-out power ballads, while the ramshackle roar of another cover, The Undertones’ “Teenage Kicks”, is arguably closest in spirit to what went before. [Nov 2024, p.40]
  4. Record Collector
    Nov 4, 2024
    60
    Vocalist Maria McKee's pure, twangy holler takes centre-stage on the early Lone Justice setlist staple Rattlesnake Mama and a Benmont Trench-led swing through MC5's Sister Anne. [Dec 2024, p.107]
  5. Classic Rock Magazine
    Oct 28, 2024
    50
    The nagging sense remains that way too much effort has been put into reinterpreting other artists’ material instead of writing their own. [Nov 2024, p.76]