Farrow and the Peach Leaves – ‘Buttermilk Brine’ [Album Review]

The conceptual terrain of Buttermilk Brine, the new album from Farrow and the Peach Leaves, comes from the band’s inimitable home base – Nevada City, California – a locality defined by coal rollers, demi-cults, weed-growers, and down-and-outs. Similar to The Band, Farrow and the Peach Leaves’ sound blends ingredients of Americana, blues, rock, and country into music at once retro and singular, and is highlighted by the distinctive, Leon Russell-like/Jagger-Esque voice of frontman Graham Farrow Knibb, a blown-out voice, embellished by twangy timbres, both free and taut. The band got together in 2016 and comprises Graham Farrow Knibb (vocals), Zach Peach (drums), Leif Bonfils (bass), Keith Knibb (guitar), Justin Peach (guitar), and Hunter Jones (pedal steel, keyboards). Buttermilk Brine by F...

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