In case you need some good news, Nashville psych / blues rockers All Them Witches have released a free EP available for download.
It’s four tracks of more haunting songs from the band. The opener, “Hares on the Mountain,” is an old English love song that practically summons the ghosts of dead soldiers from their unmarked graves with Allan Van Cleave‘s slightly menacing organ and Ben McLeod‘s drones and Celtic ghost guitar work. “Before the Beginning” is a slick Fleetwood Mac cover, and “Call Me Star” (from their excellent album Dying Surfer Meets His Maker) is a lovely display of Michael Parks‘ old soul / weary traveler vocals as his acoustic guitar and McLeod’s sparse psychedelic chords back him.
I love that the EP ends with a dub track (Yes, a dub track) – “Dub Passageways.” It gives drummer Robby Staebler a chance to cut loose with some wicked chops. It’s a dub version of “Open Passageways” (also from Dying Surfer Meets His Maker) and a nice look into another musical style that’s influenced All Them Witches.
Keep your mind open.
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