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Fact #139727

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Hollis Brown release a new LP, Ride On The Train, on Alive Records in the USA.

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If naming themselves after a Dylan song doesn't put you off, this New York quartet is well worth investigating. Largely because of frontman Mike Montali's microgrit sandpaper voice, they sound a lot like the wonderful Delta Spirit but whereas that band has moved towards a more contemporary sound, this lot brandish their unreconstructed country-blues roots like a banner for good ole boys to rally around. Produced in Nashville by the estimable Adam Landry, the album is virtually live in the studio, giving it a rare immediacy in an age of over-produced country-rock. Hollis Brown are refreshingly rough-edged and Jon Bonilla keeps his fiery guitar solos to a minimum, so the songs themselves become the focus of attention.
(Johnny Black - review first appeared in HiFi News)