OPENING DATES PLANNED WITH
ALISON KRAUSS AND DWIGHT YOAKAM
"ONE OF 12 TO WATCH IN
2012… TERRIFIC… BARN-BURNING" – EMUSIC
"HOT TRACKS…
IMPRESSIVE" - RELIX
Following heavy touring and
intensive songwriting sessions, "breakout" (Austin Chronicle)
"alt-rockers" (Baeble Music) Sons of Fathers fulfills the promise of
last year's self-titled debut with a profound, terse masterpiece of a second
album 'Big Diamond Waltz' (August 15 / Blanco River Music). Vance Powell, who
mixed Jack White's 'Blunderbuss' and albums by Dead Weather and The Raconteurs,
approached the band at an in-store at Grimey's in Nashville, TN and offered to
mix 'Big Diamond Waltz.' Baeble Music raved about the "barb wire
hooks" of the new material, which was self-produced by band principles
David Beck and Paul Cauthen, continuing, "Sons of Fathers make their case
for why they should be included in your current crush on southern rock leaning
bands."
Powell said, "The Sons
are blazing a trail out of Austin with great songs and a cool sound unique unto
themselves. I loved working on the album."
Sons of Fathers were named
one of "12 to watch in 2012" by eMusic, which called the self-titled
debut album "terrific" and "barn-burning," continuing, "nothing
can take away the songwriting duo's brotherly harmonies [and] their band's
ruckus-raising live shows." Relix Magazine called the self-titled debut
album "hot tracks," continuing, "Sons of Fathers puts on an
impressive live show but the album is even better." Dates are planned
opening for Alison Krauss and Dwight Yoakam.
While 'Sons of Fathers'
earned comparisons to The Avett Brothers (by CMT.com and AOL Music), Dawes
(Baeble Music), and Ray LaMontagne, the new album adds new elements to their
sound on 'Big Diamond Waltz' and in their ferocious live shows: circus-inspired
waltzes and reprises with swirling horns and slide guitar, dark blues, and
spine-tingling folk, all with Sons of Fathers' harmonies which are
"nothing short of moving" (WXPN). Much like the Byrds redefined the
boundaries of Country and The Band did so with rock, Sons of Fathers merge the
two seamlessly and bridge the generations with a new original sound like no
other.
Highlights include "Big
Diamond Waltz," a searching song with an unmatched intensity; the
unrequited lovelorn "To Whom Do You Belong?," the ballad "Lay Me
Down"; the scorching "Burning Days"; and the dark character
study of "You're Gonna Hurt Someone."
The vocal and songwriting
chemistry between Cauthen, grandson of a Texas preacher who taught him to sing
and play, and Beck, son of a prominent Texas upright bassist, has deepened.
They are rooted in Texas music but steeped in the indie-folk scene.
The band has also completed a
Daytrotter session.
Sons of Fathers are Beck
(bass and vocals), Cauthen (acoustic guitar and vocals), Dees Stribling
(drums), Regan Schmidt (guitar, slide guitar), Bryan Mammel (keyboards), and
Tony Browne (guitar).
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