AMG Review of Later Days

Jim Smith
All Music Guide

For a band with so much potential Mother Hips' fourth album is disappointing. The production is much crisper than Shootout, the songs are livelier, and the lyrics more discernible. There aren't as many hooks, though, and the few good ones owe their existence to famous songs by Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and the Rolling Stones. It's frustrating that Tim Bluhm never really sounds comfortable in his own songs; if he could dig in a little bit more, wonderful things might happen.