Album of the Month - September

Band of Heathens - Self Titled

Formed back in 2006 by three singer-songwriters, the Band of Heathens (BOH) released their debut studio album in May.

Colin Brooks, Ed Jurdi and Gordy Quist started playing together at a club in Austin Texas called Momo's. At first sharing the bill the trio started to help out on each others stuff & the band was born. In 2007 drummer John Chipman joined to round out the band.



The first two releases from BOH were both live albums (Live at Antones & Live at Momo's), and the band was duly recognised as the new band to watch. In fact at the SXSW conference in 2007 the band won the award for "Best New Band". They were also nominated for many others.

On this debut studio album the band called on Ray Wylie Hubbard to produce it. He also makes a musical contribution as do other special guests Patty Griffin, Gurf Morlix and Stephen Burton. The sound achieved can be best described as Americana with a touch of Blues and Roots Rock for good measure. The bands strength lies in the sharing of the songwriting, singing & guitar playing of the three main members, all of whom take turns from song to song. This keeps the sound fresh, varied and interesting. 2008 is sure to bring more accolades.

The album is released on the bands own label BOH Records. There is no local Australian distribution as yet but the album is available on itunes and via the link below from Amazon.

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