Here is what people say;

"....swagger that is genuine, raw and entertaining as hell. While the powerpop rock will hook audiences and make the clubs bounce, one of the most shining gems on the album is a slow number titled “Pass On All Your Fears,” which goes way beyond where the band’s musical inspirations ever reached. I would thank the band for the album, but I know they’d just respond, You’re Welcome."

— Brian F. Johnson, The Marquee

"You're Welcome is full of infectious tunes played well with just a hint of soul.."

-Darryl Smyers, The Dallas Observer

"There are no clever gimmicks on You’re Welcome, unless if you count great songwriting and exceptional musicianship “gimmicks”."

-The Ghost, The Ghost of Blind Lemon

"is pretty light and good natured all the way through, like a finely cooked roast."

~ Pernell, Skyline Press

"There is little doubt that You're Welcome is a rocker, distilled into its purest form."

-Rock and Roll and Meandering Nonsense...

Folks who loved the first couple of Blondie albums (before the band turned into a partially digested baloney dump) will likely get a trusty kick out of The Backsliders. Recorded in Spring and Summer of 2007, You're Welcome features pure, simple, catchy pop music played with integrity and style. The band consists of Chris Bonner, Kim Pendleton, Nolan Theis, and Taylor Young. The sounds on this album were created from a pure love of playing and unbridled enthusiasm. The band writes all of their own material...and almost every song they write sounds like a Top Ten hit. But don't expect to hear the kind of cheesy breast milk that gets pumped out by American Idol retards. The Backsliders play real pop for real people. Plenty of cool, chunky nuggets here including "You're Gonna Miss Me," "Typically I Don't Mind," "Now They Know," and "Someone Has Broken." Really nice sounding pure pop with top-notch vocals. (Rating: 5+)

- babysue

"Backsliders, You're Welcome (out now): Dallas band with a highly promising singer in Kim Pendleton and a few impressive songs, mostly front-loaded.."

-Ken Barnes, USA TODAY

Thank you SO MUCH for not disappointing me!!! I have been getting endless friend requests from bands lately, and FINALLY I have something that stands out!

-Michelle (Vancouver, WA)

YOU’RE WELCOME – THe BAcksliders (Self-released)
The new album by Dallas band THe BAcksliders fairly explodes out of the gate with “You’re Gonna Miss Me” (no, not that one; this here’s a different batch of Texans), Taylor Young thrashing and bashing and filling maniacally at every opportunity as though Keith Moon were the only other drummer who ever existed. For this, their sophomore shiny silver disc, Chris Bonner and Kim Pendleton have managed to capture more of their live show’s electric energy than they were able to harness on their self-titled debut disc, and they also raise the stakes with their songwriting – the solid underpinning without which all their onstage sass and swagger would be just so much sound ‘n’ fury, signifying nada. Make no mistake, kids: this is a pop rekkid, albeit one with fangs and claws, chockfull of no-fooling memorable/hummable toons.




Guitar-slinger Bonner’s a songwriter whose tuneage is reminiscent of Elvis Costello’s in the way it draws from different musics – country, soul, and Brill Building pop. His chanteuse wife puts ‘em across with a classic set of pipes that’s part Patsy Cline, part Mary Weiss. (Perhaps realizing where his band’s strengths lie, Bonner 86’d his own Costello-like voxxx for this record.) The band – stripped down and simple, no-frills guitar-bass-drums -- always maintains a high Rawk quotient, kinda like the Mooney Suzuki when they first hit, but less cartoon-like, and way sexier. The 'proximate model, then, becomes something like “Wanda Jackson fronting the Attractions,” minus the silly Farfisa: fundamentals only, please.




Thus, second song on the disc “Typically I Don’t Mind” opens with a George Harrison slide guitar fillip before double-tracked Kim makes her entrance, harmonizing with herself like a one-woman Shangri-Las (a recurring theme here) over Taylor’s propulsive bash ‘n’ thump. “Wedding Day” boasts a jumpy, minimal beat and Beatlesque melody, with Chris’ guitar slashing away on the two and four. “I Got Mine” could really be a femme-sung outtake from Armed Forces.




You’re Welcome is paced like a good live set, and so THe BAcksliders are halfway through it before they slow things down with the “Pass On All Your Fears,” an R&B ballad that Kim sings with a soulful rasp in her voice. “Fat Girls” sounds like the single here, possessing more hooks per minute than yer average rock song; Taylor Young definitely wins “Album MVP” honors on the merits of his stickwork on this track alone. “Love Field” (that’s the Dallas airport JFK flew into on November 22, 1963, kids) is a Beatlesque confection with piano by Nathan Adamson. The band’s countryish side, so evident on their debut, finally rears its head near the end of thisun, on the wistful acoustic “Someone Has Broken.” After a couple more rockers, things close with “Cry,” another ballad in the grand old style that has Kim emoting over a bolero beat. Short and sweet: 13 songs in 33 minutes and change, all killer with no filler.




Check ‘em out.

Cop via www. thebacksliders. com.


- Ken Shimamoto, The Rock and Roll Report

From Dallas, Texas come the Backsliders, another very cool unsigned band loaded with soul and hooks. I absolutely love Fat Girls which is slated for their upcoming CD You’re Welcome scheduled for release sometime this fall.

Have a listen to Typically I Don’t Mind and the beautiful Pass On All Your Fears for a nice variety in sound and texture. Kim Pendelton has just enough of that scratch in her vocal to make this worth multiple listens. Great stuff

Check out their MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/thebacksliders and have a listen for yourself.