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Rowdy, Raucous, Longhair Mississippi Glam Rock.That's the sound of Easy, The Week's long-awaited followup to their breakthrough album, Dear Bo Jackson. Recorded at Ardent Studios in Memphis a place filled withthe ghosts (and gear) of the Replacements, ZZ Top, and Big Star, all of whom traveledto Ardent to create their own landmark albums Easy finds The Weeks doubling down on a mix of groove, grit, and guitars. It's swaggering and sharply-focused, shining new light on a band of brothers who, although still in their mid-20s, have already logged a decade's worth of sweaty gigs together.If Easy bears resemblance to the raw, rowdy attitude of the The Weeks' live show, it'sbecause the album was written at the end of a busy, five-year period that found thegroup rarely leaving the road. "We moved to Nashville in 2010," remembers frontman Cyle Barnes, who formed the band in Jackson, Mississippi, with his three longtime bandmates: drummer (and twin brother) Cain Barnes, guitarist Sam Williams, and bass player Damien Bone. "We spent 2011 to 2015 touring. November 2015 was the first time we ever spent an entire month in Nashville."Those years on the road were eye-opening for The Weeks, all of whom were just teenagers when they began playing together in 2006. By their early 20s, the guys were touring Europe with Kings of Leon, promoting the newly-released Dear Bo Jackson in front of 20,000 people each night. Back in America, The Weeks continued playing their own club shows, too. The experience taught them how to bridge the gap between arena shows and smaller gigs. In short, it taught them how to be themselves, no matter the audience.Appropriately, Easy consolidates the band's strengths. While the songs on 2013's DearBo Jackson were thick with horn arrangements, strings, and guest appearances, Easyis a leaner, louder beast. The Weeks began working on its 11 tracks after returninghome from a long
Rowdy, Raucous, Longhair Mississippi Glam Rock.That's the sound of Easy, The Week's long-awaited followup to their breakthrough album, Dear Bo Jackson. Recorded at Ardent Studios in Memphis a place filled withthe ghosts (and gear) of the Replacements, ZZ Top, and Big Star, all of whom traveledto Ardent to create their own landmark albums Easy finds The Weeks doubling down on a mix of groove, grit, and guitars. It's swaggering and sharply-focused, shining new light on a band of brothers who, although still in their mid-20s, have already logged a decade's worth of sweaty gigs together.If Easy bears resemblance to the raw, rowdy attitude of the The Weeks' live show, it'sbecause the album was written at the end of a busy, five-year period that found thegroup rarely leaving the road. "We moved to Nashville in 2010," remembers frontman Cyle Barnes, who formed the band in Jackson, Mississippi, with his three longtime bandmates: drummer (and twin brother) Cain Barnes, guitarist Sam Williams, and bass player Damien Bone. "We spent 2011 to 2015 touring. November 2015 was the first time we ever spent an entire month in Nashville."Those years on the road were eye-opening for The Weeks, all of whom were just teenagers when they began playing together in 2006. By their early 20s, the guys were touring Europe with Kings of Leon, promoting the newly-released Dear Bo Jackson in front of 20,000 people each night. Back in America, The Weeks continued playing their own club shows, too. The experience taught them how to bridge the gap between arena shows and smaller gigs. In short, it taught them how to be themselves, no matter the audience.Appropriately, Easy consolidates the band's strengths. While the songs on 2013's DearBo Jackson were thick with horn arrangements, strings, and guest appearances, Easyis a leaner, louder beast. The Weeks began working on its 11 tracks after returninghome from a long