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By Matt Pelkey
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The new album had becufeut only a week, but when local favorites Rude Rock Family played at Rae’s in Sperryville last month, the crowd was ready and waiting for the chorus to explode on “SuhAtomic Man” When it hit — at about a minute into the song and then again a minute and a half later — feet left the floor and hands pumped in the air.
“No No No... Yeah ” the longawaited second album from Rappahannock’s Rude Rock Family, is a chance for the band’s true blue fans to take home all the songs that they have broken a sweat to at shows. It is also a chance for the uninitiated to taste a home-grown mix of rock, ska, reggae and a genuine love for music.
Cooked up over the span of three years at Rude Rock’s practice space and studio in Castleton, the album somehow carries the impression of late night jokes and song-writing sessions for the tight-knit band. The songs hint at an array of influences, with variety that reveals a disregard for the aimfort of a unifying genre.
The first song, “Shovel Head," opens with westerntinged guitar intertwined with subtle trumpet notes, evoking
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