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Long Ryders: High Noon Hymns [CD]

Get ready for the return of the Cordovas with Back to Life, their highly anticipated fifth LP. Packed with soul-stirring harmonies, timeless songwriting, and unstoppable grooves, the album features standout tracks like Wings (featuring Kamasi Washington), Higher Every Time, Back to Life, and Lost at Sea. The Cordovas are back, bolder and brighter than ever - reviving the spirit of rock ’n’ roll.

Debut physical release from New Orleans outfit Greazy Alice. Fresh off the back of two successful EPs this culminates their works in album form. When New Orleans musician Alex Pianovich was searching for a moniker under which to present some new material written as an artist's rendering of that Big Easy bar band sound. Upon hearing Juarez he knew he had a name. Greazy Alice poured out sleazy hard-riffing rock n roll, smoky dive bar blues, and telecaster-driven honky tonk twang. Drunk and dirty, down and out, spend it all now, tomorrow may never come. Pianovich and an ever-evolving group of accomplices tried to strike the balance between a winking caricature and heartfelt homage to the music they loved. It was a hell of a lot of fun. Named after a character in Terry Allen’s Juarez and once the banner for sleazy, hard-riffing New Orleans bar-band chaos, Greazy Alice has gradually shifted into something more intimate and emotionally forthright.

The Dreamin' Kind finds the Nashville transplant strapping on an electric guitar and embracing his longtime love of larger-than-life rock and roll. With its chugging power chords, 1970s-sized riffs, and richly layered arrangements, The Dreamin' Kind is fuelled not only by sheer amplification, but by the soul-baring songwriting that's become Slim's calling card, too. Tucked between those anthems are acoustic-driven songs that skirt the outer orbits of folk music, from the bare-boned heartbreak of "Stealin' Time" to the organic, orchestral sweep of "Dance On Thru." The result is the more explorative and expansive album of Slim's career: a record made for rock clubs, campfires, and garages alike, produced by Greta Van Fleet's Sam Kiszka, and anchored by a lifelong desire to break down new walls.

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