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Southern spirits saturate act's sound With its members divided between Murfreesboro and Asheville, N.C., Creech Holler claims the entire southern Appalachian region as its home base. The heritage of this area - as well as the Mississippi Delta - is reflected in the trio's music, which consists of both traditional mountain songs and original tracks in almost equal parts. Describing its style as Southern Gothic, Creech Holler gives an ominous twist to a sound that has exi... MORE
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“These guys take you to some serious, heavy places using the language, and sometimes, the literal songs of another era to illuminate our own. “Poor Ol’ Maddie” and “Black Mountain” are dark songs from the weird, old America that doesn’t exist much anymore in mainstream culture. This album reminds me of Snakefarm or Jim White, in that it both exhumes old forms and makes them new again. This is not easy listening, but if you want to understand how we got where we are, it is ... MORE
