Promise Land Or Bust

Promise Land Or Bust
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â€œRaw, dirty, primal and infectiousâ€¦sizzling guitar, sturdy vocals and rude harmonicaâ€ â€“USA Today â€œDeeply satisfying...gritty soul and blues with garage overtones and fire-and-brimstone vocalsâ€ â€“Living Blues Guitarist Aaron Morelandâ€”co-founder of the groundbreaking Kansas-based trio Moreland & Arbuckleâ€”describes their music as â€œgritty blues and roots rock from the heartland.â€ Moreland, along with harmonicist/vocalist Dustin Arbuckle and drummer Kendall Newby, electrify raw Delta and Mississippi Hill Country blues, folk, and traditional country with unrelenting punk rock energy washed in hard-hitting Southern soul. Their songs are expertly executed with musical muscle and fifth-gear urgency. When they perform more traditional blues, they play with the same decisive command. With each of their six previous releases, the band has grown musically and lyrically, creating a signature sound while earning a large and loyal worldwide fan base. Their legendary raw and raucous live shows are played with wild abandon. The New York Post says Moreland & Arbuckle have â€œa raw juke joint exuberance with a dirt-under-the fingernails garage band attack.â€ The groupâ€™s evolution continues with their Alligator Records debut Promised Land Or Bust, produced by Matt Bayles (Mastodon, Botch, The Sword). From the howling cosmic opener Take Me With You (When You Go) to the stomping Mean And Evil to the plaintive Mount Comfort, Promised Land Or Bust is a far-reaching musical showcase. The instantly-memorable, slice-of-life songs paint scenes of double-crossed lovers, women meaner than the devil, and isolated loners beaten down by careless love. According to Moreland, â€œThe new album is consciously traditional but still has the signature drive and power that we have crafted over the past thirteen years.â€ Moreland says signing with Alligator is a perfect fit. â€œOne of our biggest influences ever, Hound Dog Taylor, was the very first Alligator artist. One of the reasons we have the non-traditional lineup of no bass player was inspired by listening to Hound Dogâ€™s music as we were coming up.â€ According to Alligator president Bruce Iglauer, bringing Moreland & Arbuckle to the label known for its Genuine Houserockinâ€™ Music was an easy choice. â€œIâ€™ve watched this band grow from talented interpreters of raw, traditional blues into creators of fresh, original roots-based songs. Live, the energy just pours out of them.â€ From their 2005 self-release Caney Valley Blues to 2013â€™s 7 Cities on Telarc, Moreland & Arbuckle have grown from a fiery, crowd-pleasing duo to a genre-smashing three-piece band. Together, Morelandâ€™s simultaneous bass, rhythm and lead guitar work and Arbuckleâ€™s emotionally-charged harmonica and edgy vocalsâ€”driven by Newbyâ€™s propulsive drummingâ€”create a sound that is forceful enough to grab a listenerâ€™s attention and nuanced enough to hold it. Now, with Promised Land Or Bust, Moreland & Arbuckle are ready to bust it all wide open. Arbuckle calls the new album â€œour best yet,â€œ and says, â€œwe continue to evolve musically outside of the box we started in, but the bedrockâ€”the blues â€”is always there.â€ Moreland adds, â€œWe consciously went back to where we started and it took us to a brand new place.â€ That new place is clearly part of Moreland & Arbuckleâ€™s never ending musical journey. And for them and their ever-growing fan base, thereâ€™s no turning back now.
Country USA
Brand UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP
Manufacturer Alligator Records
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 014551497127
Model AL 4971 02
ReleaseDate 2016-05-06
UnitCount 1
Format Live
UPCs 014551497127
EANs 0014551497127

Country	USA
Brand	UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP
Manufacturer	Alligator Records
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	014551497127
Model	AL 4971 02
ReleaseDate	2016-05-06
UnitCount	1
Format	Live
UPCs	014551497127
EANs	0014551497127

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