JC Brooks And The Uptown Sound - Howl

Album download included, plus bonus tracks

With Howl, JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound enters the next chapter of its soul sound evolution. In December 2012, the band holed up at Hotel2Tango Studio in Montreal to work with producer Howard Bilerman (Arcade Fire, Wolf Parade, Godspeed You! Black Emperor) and dove headfirst into previously unfamiliar sonic territories and tough-yet-transfixing lyrical matter.

Throughout Howl, the dark side of love and longing is explored by frontman JC Brooks's starkly personal lyrics and the Uptown Sound's willingness to bare all their influences and let the groovesfall where they may. This organic progression results in 11 songs that are more open than ever both in message and vibe. Howl is soul music by children of the post-punk era. It's the sound of a band that cut its teeth listening to Purple Rain and In On the Killtaker, is drawn to the theatrical-cum-creative auras of Tina Turner and Otis Redding, and has most recently hustled big festival stages where adventurous listeners come away rejuvenated and undeniably converted.

 

 

Side 1

Howl

Married for a Week

Rouse Yourself

Security

Ordinary

Side 2

Before You Die

Not Alone

River

Cold

Control

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