Reckless Kelly's Latest Album Blasts Onto Billboard Charts

Austin, TX. (Top40 Charts/ Yep Roc Records) - Roots rockers Reckless Kelly amassed first-week sales of its powerful new album, BULLETPROOF (Yep Roc Records), that put it at No 2 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart, No 22 on its Country chart and No 117 on its Top 200 chart, the magazine reported.

With more than 70 percent of the total of 6,500 units in CDs, 29 percent in digital downloads and 1 percent in LPs, the album made a strong showing across Texas, where more than a third was sold.

Reckless Kelly released the disc of 14 originals - spicy love songs and spirited rock anthems - on June 24 with a sold-out show at Antone's in Austin and an in-store appearance at Austin's Waterloo Records & Video earlier in the day that drew more than 200 fans.

BULLETPROOF "sounds confident, relaxed and organically rocking ...," said The Dallas Morning News' Mario Tarradell, perhaps "their leanest, most streamlined collection of fresh songs. ... [It's] filled with ... potent tunes ... that define this quintet as an honest, gritty and independently Texan creative force."

As the summer gets hotter, so does Reckless Kelly's schedule, with a two-night stand at Gruene Hall and shows at Sam Houston Race Park in Houston and Billy Bob's Texas in Fort Worth in August. This fall, the band appears with label-mates Reverend Horton Heat on a national tour from Florida to New York City.