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Fat Possum Records is excited
to announce that the Heartless Bastards are set to
release their third record on February 3rd, 2009. The
record is called The Mountain and was produced by Mike
McCarthy (Spoon, Trail of Dead, Patty Griffin). The
Mountain delivers the swamped-up rock howl that fans
have come to love from the critically acclaimed Heartless
Bastards, but it also weaves in an adventurous sonic
evolution, expanding their three-piece rock palate
by adding pedal steel, mandolin, banjo and strings,
all in support of Erika Wennerstrom's transcendent
voice that Rolling Stone once described as "channeling
all the swagger and spit of a young Robert Plant."
In October 2007, Wennerstrom packed her bags and moved
to Austin, TX, to write her new record, and work with
producer McCarthy. In true ascetic discipline, she rented
a meager apartment, locked herself inside, wrote for
six months straight and came out with 11 songs that represent
the evolution critics and fans have been anticipating
for years. Once the album was finished, she immediately
got to work on assembling a new band, searching for musicians
who would help take her live show to a whole new level.
After weeks of auditions, a serendipitous alignment of
stars occurred, and she found what she was looking for.
The two new members aren't Texas ringers, but fellow
Dayton brethren Dave Colvin on drums, and Jesse Ebaugh
on bass, who actually played on the original demo that
hooked Fat Possum in the first place. The line up this
fall will also include Bill Elm on lap steel, and occasionally
Zy O.Lyn on violin. The new and improved Heartless Bastards
are sure to leave fans reeling and wanting more.
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