The convergence of fist-pumping riffs and effervescent vocals on Flower’s new single “Dreams” underscore the ease with which frontman Jack Fowler crafts road trip rock and roll. The immediacy of the track is bolstered by the shoegazey chords and reverb heavy drums while the chorus rises like a lazy wave and crashes with a crystalline ferocity. READ MORE…
Following up his lauded 2014 LP, Paint Another Layer on My Heart, singer/songwriter Caleb Caudle will release Carolina Ghost, his third album, on 26 February 2016 via This Is American Music.
Having relocated from New Orleans back to his native North Carolina, Caudle’s “Piedmont Sky,” the first single from Carolina Ghost, is an ambling Americana love letter to both his home state and fresh beginnings. READ MORE…
This morning, we’re beyond stoked to bring you “Let Me Down,” the newest single from Atlanta grunge-revivalists Flower. A hazy, hard-hitting number, the outfit’s latest offering is taken from their impending LP, Waste of Life, which is set to arrive on February 5. Give it a spin after the break, and let us know what you think in the comments section. READ MORE…
Big personal changes tend to be creative goldmines for songwriters, and country singer-songwriter Caleb Caudle has had no shortage of them over the last few years; the young outlaw relocated back to his home state of North Carolina and stopped drinking. These two transitions provided a wealth of inspiration for his latest album, Carolina Ghost, which drops February 26 via This Is American Music. Check out the album’s first single, “Steel & Stone,” below. READ MORE…
As the story goes, Flower‘s frontman and primary songwriter Jack Fowler wrote the band’s forthcoming album Waste of Life while in the middle of a holding pattern. Although he had a rather busy year as the frontman of exwhy, with the band signing to Other People Records and touring with Pujol andKnox Hamilton, Fowler desperately wanted to focus on revealing his vulnerable side; in fact, the album is inspired largely by Fowler’s own experience of being an office drone. As Fowler explains in press notes “I was working a pretty decent office job and doing absolutely nothing beyond working and getting depressed. I was just spinning my wheels and growing bored and really depressed. I was struggling with talking to people, being social at all. That’s the core of this album—anxiety and not being sure how to define yourself. ” READ MORE…
San Francisco-based Jet Trash is a refreshing blast from the past with a modern edge. Capturing the essence of the retro surf, garage rock sound, the band’s sound is energetic and upbeat, perfect for dancing, driving, or a party.
Their self-titled debut album was self-released on July 14, 2015, contains six tracks, including the two-and-a-half minute “What They Want,” the subject of their just released video. READ MORE…