Suggested Listening: Heartless Bastards “The Mountain”

A rigorous wind was blowing as I walked down a trash pile littered with sidewalk.  The moon was rising out of the dark depths of the dank city as a tune began to play as if it was a soundtrack to it’s ascension.  It was ROCK like I remembered as a young lad playing with firecrackers on the street corner.  There was a voice that was gruff and angelic at the same time.  There was something right.  This was Heartless Bastards – a band that seems to have the fire and the hype these days. They are fronted by lead singer Erika Wennerstrom and her Joplin/Benatar voice that makes the girls dream and the boys melt.   This Dayton, Ohio band’s new album The Mountain is everything I could want in a rock album right now.  Simple, energetic, and soulful.  Sometimes we all could use some inspiration, right?  Here ya go…

mp3: Heartless Bastards – The Mountain

mp3: Heartless Bastards – Early In The Morning

On a touring note they’re on a lengthy one and roll into Philly on March 28th when they play The Trocadero with Gaslight Anthem.

photo by Felicia Graham

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