LOOK OUT!
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After seven years of relentless touring throughout the United States, Europe and the U.K., the Hackensaw Boys are being recognized as one of the most exciting groups on the diverse Americana music scene. The group’s second release for Nettwerk Records, Look Out, represents the recorded culmination of the Hackensaw’s unique vision: A celebratory but defiant sound culled from old-time mountains, backstage doorways and punishing drives through the evolving American landscape.
Nine of the album’s 12 songs were written from within the group and sometime Modest Mouse/sometime Hackensaw Tom Peloso contributed two tracks. A pounding rendition of the traditional “Gospel Plow” rounds out the package.
What do William Faulkner and The Hackensaw Boys have in common?
Aside from a tendency to say stupid things while drunk and an inability to effectively employ punctuation and a deep appreciation for the tragic history of the American South — they’ve both been featured in the Oxford American Review! Check out the 2007 Southern Music Issue featuring a compilation CD with “Look Out Dog” as well as a great article by Geoffrey Himes, who says of the boys: “Even when this Charlottesville band employs ancient Appalachian motifs, they never pretend to be something they’re not.”
Cousin Spits Interview is Podcastified
Listen to the interview over on It Burns When I Pee. We promise you won’t catch anything. Description from the site:
Just when you thought It Burns When I Pee couldn’t get any better, we slap Episode #5 against your computer monitor. In this episode we feature a killer interview with Ward Harrison from The Hackensaw Boys and play a couple of their songs. We also have a special appearance from Dr. Richard Hung, who has an important message for you about PCS. Of course we couldn’t have an episode of It Burns When I Pee without the lovely and talented Cheyenne!
The Hackensaws in Amsterdam
April 24, 2007 from The Paradiso in Amsterdam.