[Album Stream] Dead Sons - 'The Hollers & The Hymns'
Every now and again I get a real bit of excitement for some new music that gets me a little warm in the loins. Over the new year period, that happened while I was on holiday in New York with the SKoA family. The band that got me all hot under the collar was Dead Sons, a band humbling from Sheffield who I've mentioned previously via their track "Hangman". Next week they'll release their debut album The Hollers & The Hymns via Bereyt Records next Monday, February 18. Today Artrocker has got a hold of that album, the album that soundtracked 10 days in Brooklyn for me, strolling the streets, drinking far too much and eating myself silly.
It's dirty, heavy, fuzzy beast of an album from start to finish with hints of Queens of the Stone Age and just desert rock vibes in general. I feel people will make a comparison to Arctic Monkeys which is fair enough. They come from the same city. They all started making music at a similar time back when members of Dead Sons were in Milburn so that's bound to happen, but damn this is a great debut album. I've had it playing regularly for over a month and I hope you guys will give it some love too. If you like what you hear, the band will be on tour in March hitting up numerous venues including my old hometown of Chesterfield. Dates after the jump and the glorious album is below too. Bathe in its glory and pick up a copy from Monday.
Dead Sons UK Tour 2013:
February 16 - Sheffield, The Library Theatre
March
02 - Chesterfield, Real Time Live
08 - Bedford, Esquires
09 - Milton keynes, The Craufurd Arms
14 - Manchester, Trof Fallowfield
15 - Stockton, Ku Bar
21 - Bristol, Start the Bus
22 - London, Sebright Arms
23 - Southampton, Lennons
26 - York, The Duchess
27 - Leeds, A Nation of Shopkeepers
28 - Middlesbrough, Doctor Browns
29 - Coventry, Taylor Johns
30 - Stoke, The Sugarmill
April
05 - Preston, Mad Ferret