Writer’s block, what’s that? Whatever it is, it’s definitely not in Truckstop Honeymoon’s vocabulary. Since its 2003 inception and over the course of six albums, the husband-and-wife songwriting team of Mike West and Katie Euliss has had no problem in finding fodder for songs. Ordinary life scenes serve as a prop to make a point, such as a family trip to the aquarium, which is really about gender inequality of childbearing manifested through seahorses. The title track is really a statement regarding the overly vain and pious, only to be capped off with Euliss’ defant quip “I got a homemade haircut and I look better than all of you.”

Not all songs have a two-tier structure, however. Some resemble a sonic family scrapbook with candid perspectives from all, even the kiddos who have been known to protest the frequent rehearsals (“Daddy Don’t Play”). Euliss’ own “Childhood Memories” wins the most outrageous song of the year award—a whirlwind Appalachian-styled tune of how she got dear old mama stoned and lived to regret such uncharacteristic behavior.

Yet, where this Truckstop Honeymoon record stands out is in the arrangements. Normally folk and bluegrass-oriented, here they’re broadened to include western swing fiddle licks; bouncy, jazz piano; and mood-setting trumpets. West and Euliss’ vocal interplay and amusing lines are almost an off-Broadway musical (“Accidentally,” “Romantic Conversations”), albeit a demented one for some, but one that’s still highly entertaining and deeply provocative at the same time.