Released 2/8/10
Hayseed Dixie return from their hiatus with their 8th studio album, Killer Grass. The album is packaged as a combined CD and DVD set. The CD contains 7 original songs and 6 Rockgrass re-interpretations of previously known works (by everyone from Mozart to Queen to The Prodigy), all of which focus on themes of killing and death hence the title, Killer Grass. "There's still plenty of drinking, cheating and hell in there too, as them 4 elements all go together like stink on poop," remarks front-maniac Barley Scotch. The DVD contains music videos for 6 songs as well as 5 instructional "tutorial" videos addressing everything from how to play rockgrass banjo, to how to hide the body. Most importantly, and historically, the DVD also contains the complete unedited multi-track audio files (in universal 16 bit WAV format) for the entire album which the user can mix and remix to their heart's content in such computer programs as Garage Band, Logic, Pro Tools or iMovie - any programme which allows the mixing of WAV files. Even more interesting, in an attempt to keep their girlfriends' ageing mothers from hearing it, a bonus song called "Love Cabin" only appears in raw multi-track form, and must be mixed by the user in order to be heard. Killer Grass is either their absolute greatest musical achievement or absolute worst offence yet, depending on your personal perspective, but it is absolutely nothing in between.
Disc 1: Tolerance Bohemian Rhapsody Alien Abduction Probe Omen In the Backyard Eine Kleine Trinkemusik Norfolk Girl She's Just My Type Underneath the Bed Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Won't Get Fooled Again Ramblin' Man/Don't Cry for Me
Disc 2: Bohemian Rhapsody (Video/DVD) Alien Abduction Probe (Video/DVD) Omen (Video/DVD) Tolerance (Video/DVD) In the Backyard (Video/DVD) Underneath the Bed (Video/DVD) Cult Band (Video/DVD) Instrument Instruction (Bonus Content/DVD) Practical Instructions (Bonus Content/DVD) Tolerance (16-Bit Wav Multitrack Files/DVD) Bohemian Rhapsody (16-Bit Wav Multitrack Files/DVD) Alien Abduction Probe (16-Bit Wav Multitrack Files/DVD) Omen (16-Bit Wav Multitrack Files/DVD) In the Backyard (16-Bit Wav Multitrack Files/DVD) Eine Kleine Trinkemusik (16-Bit Wav Multitrack Files/DVD) Norfolk Girl (16-Bit Wav Multitrack Files/DVD) She's Just My Type (16-Bit Wav Multitrack Files/DVD) Underneath the Bed (16-Bit Wav Multitrack Files/DVD) Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (16-Bit Wav Multitrack Files/DVD) Won't Get Fooled Again (16-Bit Wav Multitrack Files/DVD) Ramblin' Man/Don't Cry for Me (16-Bit Wav Multitrack Files/DVD) Love Cabin (16-Bit Wav Multitrack Files/DVD)