Backyard Tire Fire

The sophomore EP from Backyard Tire Fire has enough big guitars and hard-luck yowl to demonstrate a love for heavy roots music and make a bid for the title of their generation's Crazy Horse. When "Tired of Being Tired" lumbers out of the speakers with an ominous gait, it has all the foreboding grit and guitar wail as "Down by the River." The lone appearance of an acoustic guitar, on "Don't Even Know What to Do," is breezy and refreshing, but the band is at its best on boot stomping numbers like "Downtime" and "Blood on the Strings."