"A Bucket of Joy" is a great college rock album with elements of alt-country, folk, blues, and pop rock from Charlie Vaughn & the Daily Routine. This group is fully capable of jumping from genre to genre without losing the fullness and solidity of their sound, delivering great melodic arrangements with nice guitar work in an experimental gem with "Where the Hell is Frank?" Charlie Vaughn's vocals are clean with a great range, and he sounds like a mix between Ryan Adams and John Mayer. The lyrics are great from the beginning when Vaughn sings "Tom left town like a broken jaw," and the rest of the album is filled with excellent storytelling and imagery through Vaughn's intelligent and socially aware song writing. The production quality for "A Bucket of Joy" is great for the sound the band is trying to create, in that it nicely combines a clean recording with their raw sound. "Bad Habits" is a nice blues rock track with a catchy hook, a great arrangement featuring solid guitar work and hand claps, clean vocals, and a catchy chorus. "I Hope My Mother Wasn't Wrong" is an antiwar track that begins with a stripped down acoustic guitar and drum sound, then moves into a great alt-country arrangement, and features thought-provoking lyrics throughout. Overall, "A Bucket of Joy" is, well, a bucket of joy that should be given a whirl by any college rock fan.
-Chris & the RadioIndy.com Reviewer Team Check out Charlie Vaughn & the Daily Routine's music on RadioIndy.com with link to purchase and links to popular sites
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