New Release - THE GRAVE BROTHERS - 21 January 2019

Band : The Grave Brothers

Title : The Grave Brothers

Format : CD / LP / Digital

CD / Digital (MP3) : Cat. Nr.: DBR20093 / EAN: 4059251289241
LP (+ CD included) : Cat. Nr.: DBR20092 / EAN: 4059251289234

LP has a limited pressing: 500 copies on black vinyl

Genre: Country - Punk - Psychobilly

Label: Drunkabilly Records

Release Date: 21 January 2019

Tracklist LP + CD:

01. Death Is A Gift
02. From The Hills Up North
03. The Crow Road
04. Drunk
05. Under Locks Key
06. It's All Down From Hill
07. The Knife
08. Penny
09. This Drinking Will Kill Me
10. Snake Struck
11. Mother Earth
12. Blood, Beer & Fire

CD/LP Release Parties :

March 30th 2019 : DE FLOEREN AAP, Mechelen (Belgium)
April 12th 2019 : THE ANCHOR, Canterbury (U.K.)
April 13th 2019 : THE KLUB, London (U.K.) + Jack'O Bones & The Raptors
May 18th 2019 : BAROCK, Titecastraat 35, Bruges (Belgium) + Garbage Bags
May 24th 2019 : MALOE MELO, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
July 13th 2019 : SJOCK, Gierle (Belgium)

Tip your ten gallon hat to The Grave Brothers, ‘cause they finally got around to making their very first full-length album, after their 2009 EP and the split platter with Adios Pantalones from 2013. That’s not even a fistful of releases in a dozen years of band history, so one might think they’re a bunch of lazy cunts. Far from it, goddammit! The reason for their selective output is that the five members were and are active in a string of other splendid ensembles, such as Fifty Foot Combo, The Mudmen, Demented Scumcats and Speedball Jr.

Toss all these names in a huge gumbo pot, let it boil over while Hank I and III haunt the stereo, and there you have it: finger-licking good cowpunkabilly for wild-eyed guttersnipes and booze buckaroos. Along with self-penned barn burners and toned-down foot stompers, there’s two more surprises: Dwight Yoakam’s classic of the Bakersfield sound “This Drinking Will Kill Me” gets peppered with banjo and “Mother Of Earth” is a countrified salute to The Gun Club. Yes, these guys are a rum lot, but they know extremely well how punk, country, psychobilly and garage rock originated and crossed over, which makes their own songs all the better. So the old PPSR credo also goes for The Grave Brothers: Good music is good drinking!