With his 2013 debut, Throw Down, Tim Hicks came out swinging with a punchy, percussive style of rough-edged country that’s simply perfect for—to quote one of his own tunes—a “Hell Raisin’ Good Time”. Armed with a seemingly endless cache of catchy pop melodies worked into traditional country song structures, Hicks has an otherworldly knack for making a song drive. It’s nearly impossible not to clap along as he goes off about the superiority of Canadian booze over a jaunty acoustic strum (“Stronger Beer”), or stomp a foot as he says sayonara to an ex-lover while singing about his ‘89 Silverado (“No Truck Song”).