★★★★★
The Reverend Horton Heat have always been known for an oft-imitated, rarely well duplicated brand of psychobilly with their best tracks speeding along at 200mph and not letting up from start to finish. The opening track on REV, "Victory Lap", seeks to remind listeners of this fact. Previous effort Laughin' and Cryin' with the Reverend Horton Heat was pleasant enough, but came across as a bit too relaxed in places...
- www.popmatters.com
2014-02-05
★★★★★
Tweet Rev Up Your Engines With the first release in almost five years, Reverend Horton Heat (aka Jim Heath and band) are back with their latest release simply titled Rev. All of the aspects of psychobilly, country, surf and punk are prevalent in true Reverend fashion, bridging the gap with their older work...
- www.mxdwn.com
2014-01-29
★★★★★
Back in the early 90s, The Reverend Horton Heat were dropping one classic album after another. They were all you need for an awesome party. All those 'psychobilly freakouts' that were essentially rock 'n' roll mixed with punk, country and surf rock, constantly kept everyone dancing and interested into the band...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2014-01-23
★★★★★
To do what Jim Heath has done as long as he's done it--to work within such a tight framework of classic American forms across four decades and still sound not only fresh but electrifying is nothing short of astounding.
It's proof that, with the right artist, genre restrictions can create magic. Look at Hank Williams or Howlin' Wolf...
- www.pastemagazine.com
2014-01-22
★★★★★
With a charismatic frontman like Jim Heath, whose inimitable voice sounds as if it has been soaking in a vat of whiskey, it's not hard to believe the Rev has been going strong for more than two decades. As the undisputed kings of the rockabilly resurgence, psychobilly freakouts, and rollicking, high-octane good times ("It's Martini Time...
- thephoenix.com
2012-08-09
★★★★★
Laughin' & Cryin' with the Reverend Horton Heat finds the Rev (and Jimbo and the boys) back with a brand new barrel of licks. Naturally, this album contains tracks that touch on all of the styles RHH is known to employ, from country blues and Texas swing to hillbilly hi-jinks and ripped up rock 'n' roll. Mostly, though, this time out has Jim Heath wearing the greasepaint and playing the rockabilly rodeo clown...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-01-20
★★★★★
Perhaps the album title is a form of acknowledgement of the Reverend Horton Heat's relatively recent - and wholly forgettable - forays out from the familiar confines of rockabilly. At any rate, the Rev, a.k.a. Jim Heath, is back... and so it's kind of what you might expect. Actually, it's exactly what you'd expect. The album kicks off with a smokin' instrumental track unsurprisingly reminiscent of previous RHH instrumental tracks...
- www.hour.ca
2010-11-02
★★★★★
Psychobilly Andrew Dice Clay matures into borscht-belt Robbie Fulks ("Death Metal Guys," "Crazy Ex-Boyfriend").
- www.robertchristgau.com
2010-08-25
★★★★★
While country music's reliance upon everyday people and events is what makes it country, that same reliance is also its biggest flaw. With equal doses punk and honky-tonk flare, Laughin' and Cryin' with the Reverend Horton Heat lands somewhere between the genre's old-time, foot stomping glory and ballads delivered from a liquored, nasally state of reference. The guilty party from this reverend's point of view...
- www.filter-mag.com
2010-02-25
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