BLAME IT ON GRAVITY
Some bands blast out of the gate and never recapture their early energy. Other
bands establish themselves as models of consistency. Still other bands take a while to
find themselves. And then there are bands like the Old 97s, who blast out of the gate,
establish themselves as models of consistency, take a while to find themselves, and then,
fifteen years in, deliver a glorious record that sums up everything about them that fans
have always loved. With Blame It On Gravity, the seventh Old 97's record and the second
for New West, the band has made its definitive statement. "It's really exciting," says
Rhett Miller, the band's lead singer and songwriter. "I read an interview with Randy
Newman where he said that if your work is as good at 50 as it was at 20, you've won the
battle. We're nowhere near fifty, but I feel like this...
