Brooklyn, NY-based trio DADDY LONG LEGS – Brian Hurd, Murat Akturk, Josh Styles – make their Yep Roc Records debut with the release of their third studio album, Lowdown Ways.
The official video for “Pink Lemonade,” co-written with JD McPherson, premiered at Brooklyn Vegan. It was recently included in NPR Slingshot‘s ‘Best New Songs from NPR Music’, which noted the track “beams bluesy rockabilly from a distant satellite to quench thirsty ears.”
Through May, they will take their “raucous stomping blues-punk” (All Music) on the road in the UK. A full list of dates is below.
Fronted by harmonica-blowin’ Brian Hurd, the band’s “swagger and grime of a Delta blues band”(Big Takeover) is rounded out with Murat Akturk (slide guitar) and Josh Styles (drums, maraca).
Produced by Jimmy Sutton and engineered by Alex Hall (JD McPherson, Pokey LaFarge, Jake La Botz) at Hi-Style Studios in Chicago, the album features 12 original compositions with songwriting contributions from JD McPherson and Sutton.
Leading up to the release, Rolling Stone featured the second single, “Glad Rag Ball” as one of the ‘10 Best Country, Americana Songs of the Week, while the first single “Mornin’ Noon & Nite”premiered at WFMU.
Influenced by the likes of Son House, Captain Beefheart, Howlin’ Wolf, MC5, and Dr. Feelgood, their sound personifies garage rock and punk with a contemporary raw twist performed in their own brand of supercharged R&B. Since forming in 2010, the band has released two studio albums, a live album and two 45s on Norton Records.
Their last album was 2015’s Rides Tonight. They have toured with Jon Spencer, Hurray For The Riff Raff, The Sonics, Nikki Lane, Nick Waterhouse, amongst others.
DADDY LONG LEGS UK TOUR DATES
Thu 9 May – Audio, Glasgow
Fri 10 May – Black Box, Belfast
Sat 11 May – The Sugar Club, Dublin
Sun 12 May – Night & Day, Manchester
Tue 14 May – The Cluny, Newcastle
Wed 15 May – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
Fri 17 May – NAC, Norwich
Sat 18 May – Esquires, Bedford
Sun 19 May – The Railway Hotel, Southend
Tracklisting:
1. Theme from DADDY LONG LEGS
2. Pink Lemonade
3. Ding Dong Dang
4. Mornin’ Noon & Nite
5. Glad Rag Ball
6. Bad Neighborhood
7. Célaphine
8. Winners Circle
9. Back Door Fool
10. Snagglepuss
11. Be Gone
12. Wrong Side of the River
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