Gold Cash Gold Edition is the follow-up to a debut that caught a lot of people by surprise, even those who’d never heard of them before. The group’s eponymous first album had a strong Southern-rock/country feel and a few psychedelic trips as well. It’s a good thing they didn’t go overboard with those ideas because the slow ballad “Hard Times” is an unwelcome addition that drags out from start to finish.

Fortunately, the record picks up steam with “Vultures” and a brash, meaty brand of rock with some punk leanings that brings to mind Aerosmith circa their Toxic Twins era. “The World in My Head” is a creepy rock tune that could have been great but never quite gets there.

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The swaying, soulful “Isolation” adds some fire and is one of the best songs on the record, while the country-flavored “Beautiful Stones” shows that the band is capable of more than their cliched rock tropes. The finale, the plodding, muddy rocker “Time to Go” isn’t the worst way for the group to close things out, but it doesn’t help their case for future releases.

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