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Americana UK reviews new Old Heavy Hands album Small Fires calling it “perfectly produced”

 
“Heard you were leaving town with some other boy / Looking back on everything that I’ve destroyed / Full of misery and heartache,” reflects Nathan James Hall on ‘Runaround’, the opener to North Carolina’s Old Heavy Hands latest release ‘Small Fires’. “I was just a boy and you’re an innocent flower / Did everything I can do in my power / To keep you safe / But that ain’t what you want,” he further adds, both the insightful nature of the lyrics and the roughness of the vocals against some loud but ever melodic guitars letting you know exactly the kind of jagged, perfectly produced southern rock you can expect to enjoy from the album.
 

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AmericanaUK debuts the new video from Old Heavy Hands, “Coming Down,” noting, “The twanging guitars give way to a grungier sound as the song grows, culminating in a searing solo from David Self.”

The pulsating new single from Greensboro band Old Heavy Hands is built upon a thudding bass line and thumping drums.  It’s hypnotic, absorbing songwriting and makes for an engaging listen.  The twanging guitars give way to a grungier sound as the song grows, culminating in a searing solo from David Self, just as the characters in the video go down into the fires of Hell.  Larry Wayne Slaton’s voice is emotive and full of weary character while Nathan James Hall delivers an excellent reply with the call and response vocals.

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Americana UK debuts Beekeeper Spaceman’s new video for “Icicles,” noting its “lush, spacious, ethereal sounds… The song swirls in melodic and dreamy layers over truly warm, deep bass.”

Here is the absorbingly atmospheric animated video for ‘Icicles’ from indie-folk duo Beekeeper Spaceman. Musically, the song swirls in melodic and dreamy layers over truly warm, deep bass.  The intriguing words, such as, “Walk away. I’m lonely by design,” fit well with the lush, spacious, ethereal sounds that rise up and grow through the song.  The main songwriter, singer and guitarist Greg Browderville says: “‘Icicles’ is a demented Christmas song that ambles like a bummed-out, beat-driven Beach Boys tune as the song’s main character explores the tug-of-war between the freedom of youth and the domesticity of adult relationships.”

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Americana UK debut the new single from Bonnie & the Mere Mortals, “It’s All Fine,” noting, “Singer Bonnie Ramone is joined by Sophie Gault and, together, they deliver a brilliantly emotive and melodic vocal performance.”

Here is the latest single from Southern gothic Americana band Bonnie & the Mere Mortals.  ‘It’s All Fine’ is driven along by Andrew Roulston’s urgent percussion, over which absorbing musical textures are provided by Mik Francis on upright bass, Destin LeCornu’s keys and Matt Elias’s gorgeous guitar.  Singer Bonnie Ramone is joined by Sophie Gault and, together, they deliver a brilliantly emotive and melodic vocal performance – the highlight of this song.  There’s a real depth of feeling in the lyrics, well-chosen words that describe facing up to the challenges in life and asserting that you will get your time to flourish: “This year it’s not worth opening your eyes…It’s all absurd // But you’ll get your turn.” 

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Americana UK reviews Rick Hornyak’s new album, Dandelion, calling Hornyak, “An accomplished songwriter unafraid to confront his doubts and anxieties.”

Describing Rick Hornyak as purely an “Austin heartland rocker” falls short of doing him proper justice. There is a lot of rock on this album, and full-on it is too but what leaves a far more lasting impression is Hornyak’s softer, more melodious side. Here, a slower tempo offers more space for his sensitive treatment of some complex themes.

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Americana UK debuts the new video for Shannon Clark & the Sugar’s “This Old World,” calling the track “a stirring anthem that combines upbeat rhythm, catchy melodic hooks and rousing electric guitar.”

Shannon Clark and the Sugar’s latest single is a stirring anthem that combines upbeat rhythm, catchy melodic hooks and rousing electric guitar.  ‘This Old World’ tackles a range of challenging subjects, from gun violence to mental health and gender identity.  It’s full of empathy and sensitively done, touching on each subject before focusing on hope and positivity in the soaring choruses: “Don’t let this world, bring you down.” Never afraid to address big issues like this, Shannon Clark and the Sugar always deliver heartfelt, emotive songs that we can relate to and find ourselves in.  Thanks, perhaps, to the family connections within the band, the vocal harmonies are also beautifully done.

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