The band: Grainbelt
The music: alt-country/rock/cowpunk
Hometown: Albany, NY
I'm happy to present Grainbelt, who are a hometown band for me. Rising from the ashes of the Albany alt-country/cowpunk institution Coal Palace Kings, Grainbelt balance a fair degree of twang with straight-up bar rock. These guys have guitars, a slight drawl, and above all else, the right attitude (what do I mean by that? It's hard to describe - hopefully it'll come through in the songs below). Audiophile I ain't, but the sound quality of their debut album is pretty poor. The drums sound particularly weak. And the band could certainly sound more "tight". However, these four tracks rise above all that shit and have been getting a good deal of play around here lately.
"The Drugs Don't Seem to Be Working" - Great, rocking track. This song epitomizes the style of music that Tallboy revolves around.
"On the Road" - Great broken-down-van/band on the road song (singer/guitarist Howe Glassman's forte.) The band slowly ratchets up the tempo and "jam" out the end of this one, which is cool.
track 4 and 5 - straight up, slower alt-country songs. In a good way.
Grainbelt
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