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Post by sthdvs2012 on Jun 2, 2013 23:08:07 GMT -8
I'm just wondering what type of direction they're going with this new album. "Amelita", without a doubt, sounds more country than anything on their first album. It is the song they said their Sony Boss..."Really liked." That was back in 2011. They even named the album "Amelita." Last time around, I don't recall any press from Nashville. @sonynashville has tweeted about the new album TWICE. It received a lot of retweets. In the press release.... Martie even made it sound like they are now a permanent band and will do whatever they want. I'm under the impression that they might be trying out the country circuit for this new release. CMT even has a page up for it.
What do y'all think?
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Post by b@@b on Jun 3, 2013 3:22:33 GMT -8
I haven't heard any of the new songs yet. Well, the instruments they are so skilled at playing facilitates Country/bluegrass, so why shouldn't it sound that way. We saw what they did with the first album on which I think their fiddle, mandolin, banjo, etc were modestly present. Maybe on this one they are going to get more up front with them. I love hearing them play no doubt.
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Post by Bingo on Jun 3, 2013 8:02:34 GMT -8
With TTLW, Emily said (paraphrasing from memory) "I hope people will see that we've done what we've always done" and Martie said "We still think we made a Country record". However, they refused to promote it to Country radio, and (inadvisedly in my opinion) entrusted the label push to Rolf Schmidt-Holtz of the Bertelmann's wing in New York. There has since been a demerger, and Sony-Nashville would seem a more obvious force to draw on for their type of instrumentation.
I think they well might accept help from the Nashville wing - but (at a guess) I think it's more likely that they'd see that as a peripheral extra, rather than as the main push. For one thing, there is the question of how far they still hold hopes of a trio collaboration with Natalie. If that is really dead - or so far in a possible future as to be currently irrelevant - then reviving old links might be less of a thorny issue. But I still think the Hounds themselves have seen their return as primarily an Alternative, or Roots Country, exercise, with the emphasis on Austin, the Festivals, and collaboration with Independent artists.
I think they have re-embraced the broadly defined Country sound - and I think that was symbolized by the picture a couple of years ago of them being hugged by Loretta Lynn. But Loretta is not on Mainstream commercial Country radio - and the Country Music community as a whole (fans, artists and record labels) make a pretty clear distinction between the two sectors.
It seems to me that it is possible for a minority of artists with a Mainstream career to score as well in the Roots sector (Two - Kacey Musgraves and Ashley Monroe - currently have albums getting good receptions on both wings). However - I think it's much harder for artists with their primary focus on the Alternative wing to also get attention from the Mainstream. Hence - "crossover" is possible - but it seems to depend on which sector you're starting from. All three examples have been, and could be, either wing - but Kacey and Ashley are currently perceived as starting from a Mainstream release - whereas the CYH would, I think, now be perceived as coming from an Alternative base (and that may not interest the Mainstream)
So, while there may be some tentative promotion, I don't see a major Mainstream push as very likely (though I could well be wrong!)
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