This came our way a while back but I hadn't been able to fully get to this due to backlog, space constraints, and just everyday life.  The latest from Destroy Nate Allen delivers basic, stripped to the basics folk/punk with songs about first apartments, waking up, the differences between chick flicks and real relationships, broken down cars, and more.  Recorded on tape, there's a basic organic vibe that incorporates hints of ska and folk within the base of acoustic and/or electric guitars and occasional organ.  Personal without being emo, this married duo's stories come across with a catchiness and honesty that reveals more then expected when listening.  Since the album came out DNA has moved from Portland to the Kansas City area so I wonder how that will affect the music, if not their coffee intake.  (BOONE)
($7.00 for CD from destroynateallen.com)