Kaleidoscopic country-rockers The Gourds continue defining their own unique musical genre with "Noble Creatures". 'Gourds music' is by now a generally accepted term that fans and critics alike are forced to use when attempting to describe the effortless blend of American musical forms the band has employed since its birth in Austin in 1992. On "Noble Creatures" songwriters Kevin Russell and Jimmy Smith continue their quirky ramble down the mountain, past dusty delta back porches and through the hanging moss of southwest Louisiana.