THE HOWLIN’ BROTHERS TO RELEASE THE SUN STUDIO SESSION EP OCTOBER 15 VIA READYMADE/DINE ALONE RECORDS IN CANADA
Watch The Howlin’ Brothers perform “Tennessee Blues” at Sun Studio below
(September 19, 2013 – Toronto, ON) The Howlin’ Brothers have just announced the release of The Sun Studio Session EP, as a follow up to their recent album Howl, which was released via Readymade Records through Dine Alone Records May 22, 2013.
Howl was released to critical acclaim, reached No. 6 on the Americana Music radio chart, and lead the band to tour across the U.S. and Canada. According to the trio’s stand-up bass player and vocalist Ben Plasse, “HOWL was very well received, and I think we owe a lot of that to great bands like the Carolina Chocolate Drops and Old Crow Medicine Show among others, who paved the way for a new generation of string bands to have success. It’s a beautiful thing to see so many young bands making music on fiddles and banjos! We are so grateful to be a part of that scene, and really appreciate the positive reaction to our original interpretation of these old styles.”
In order to keep the momentum strong with their new fans between now and the release of their next studio album, The Howlin’ Brothers have created a six track EP, The Sun Studio Session EP that was recorded in May of this year at the famous Sun Studio in Memphis. These songs were recorded live in the studio, as was the custom when the Sun Studio gained fame for being the recording home of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Charlie Rich.
Four Howlin’ Brothers original songs make their recorded debut on The Sun Studio Session EP: “Till I Find You,” “Troubled Waltz,” “Take Me Down,” and “Charleston Chew.” The EP ends with a new version of “Tennessee Blues,” which also appears on their Howl album, Watch a performance of “Tennessee Blues” at Sun Studio here. The EP is a killer, no filler collection that adds nicely to the story they are building and allows this “country-blues string band” with an indie-rock edge to honour the roots and tradition of the music they love as they continue to breathe new life into it by adding subtle modern touches via their own influences and vision.
“Recording at Sun Studios was like going back in time,” says Howlin’ Brother Jared Green, who plays guitar, harmonica, piano and sings. “You can see and feel the history in the walls and floor of the tracking room. It was an honour to work with engineer Matt Ross-Spang and be captured with that authentic Sun Studios sound.”
The Sun Studio Session EP will be released widely on all digital platforms outside of Europe and Australia on October 15th. PBS (in the U.S.) will air the entire Sun Studio Sessions episode and interview on over 100+ stations in early 2014.
Performing “Tennessee Blues” at Sun Studio
The Sun Studio Session EP Track Listing:
1. Dixie Fried
2. Til I Find You
3. Troubled Waltz
4. Take Me Down
5. Charleston Chew
6. Tennessee Blues