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Country duo Love and Theft played a sold out show at Toby Keith's Boston on Friday night.  The set featured new releases from duo Stephen Barker-Liles and Eric Gunderson as well as classic covers and number 1 hit Angel Eyes as well as top 40 hit, If You Ever Get Lonely . The focus of the night, other than having fun, was to share the new album.  "Whiskey On My Breath" (Check out my review of the album here ) was released independently by Barker-Liles and Gunderson and while it still features the pleasing harmonies you've come to expect from Love & Theft, there is an added edginess you haven't heard from them before. They also definitely come to party.  Whether belting out two of the new party songs from the album, Can't Wait for the Weekend or Let's Get Drunk and Make Friends , along with their last single, Night That You'll Never Forget,  the pace is uptempo.  The band can also slow it down with songs like the title track, Whiskey on ...

With ear pleasing harmonies and light-hearted melodies, it could be easy to overlook the complexity of Love and Theft ’s third album, Whiskey On My Breath .  The new release from duo Stephen Barker-Liles and Eric Gunderson  is full of catchy phrases and, well, catchy phrases. Simply put, it's fun to listen to the melodies .  The album is an eclectic mix of songs that can both pull on your heartstrings or make you pour a cold beer (or both).  The album is a departure from some of the more pop sounding country you've heard from them in the past.   The first track, “Can’t Wait for the Weekend,” gets the party started with the duo promising they can party on any day that ends in –Y.   The tempo changes with the sweet, “Anytime Anywhere” which promises a kiss, you guessed it, anytime, anywhere and features perhaps my favorite line on the album: "Slow dancing just off the blacktop; fireflies falling like electric raindrops."  Track 3, “Hangout...