{"id":18665,"date":"2019-12-09T16:20:53","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T21:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=18665"},"modified":"2022-01-06T19:47:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T00:47:49","slug":"album-review-brother-hawk-big-trouble-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=18665","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Brother Hawk &#8211; Big Trouble Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Brother Hawk &#8211; Big Trouble Sessions<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Released: 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Atlanta\u2019s Brother Hawk re-appeared on my radar in 2019 year, putting out one of my favorite releases, Big Trouble Sessions.\u00a0 In a city that is overrun with screaming, grunting, and growling bands that play at 100mph, Brother Hawk rose to the top.\u00a0 They proved that there can still be a dark, brooding side to Atlanta yet express it with a strong sense of melody and unbridled passion.<\/p>\n<p>Big Trouble sessions open with the melancholic fuzz driven \u201cLike Water\u201d that sounds and feels as thick as a muggy Georgia summer night.\u00a0 If I could put to music how it feels to have a fan-favorite sip of whiskey, lead vocalist\/guitarist J.B. Brisendine\u2019s vocals would be it to a \u201ct.\u201d\u00a0 Warm, comforting, and something that you can feel long after it\u2019s gone.<\/p>\n<p>A beautifully soulful take on the Alice in Chains\u2019 classic \u201cNutshell\u201d was a surprise that came out of nowhere.\u00a0 Like most huge fans of any band, I am always weary of covers.\u00a0 They are usually done note for note with very slight, if any, deviation.\u00a0 Brother Hawk managed to take this legendary, classic song and turned it into their own by infusing it with some southern fried guitar picking and spotlighting the keyboard work of Nick Johns-Cooper.\u00a0 This is something you must hear for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>Rounding out the EP Brother Hawk offers up a much fatter, ballsy, live version of the fan-favorite \u201cThe Black Dog\u201d and closes things out with a cover of Soundgarden\u2019s \u201cFell on Black Days.\u201d\u00a0 While I enjoyed it, I could have done without the Soundgarden cover because honestly, compared to their two fantastic originals and their fabulous take on \u201cNutshell,\u201d it just fell just a tad flat for me.<\/p>\n<p>I loved the re-invention of \u201cThe Black Dog\u201d that it made me wish Brother Hawk would do all of their releases like this.\u00a0 Live is without a doubt the way one should hear\u00a0 Brother Hawk.\u00a0 It\u2019s a bummer that they fell after my radar with their last album The Clear Lake but having them back in my line of sight served as one of, greatest musical moments in 2019.\u00a0 Now that I have them on my radar, I will not lose them again.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Brother Hawk - Nutshell (Alice in Chains cover)\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9diH4zCsTFc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brother Hawk &#8211; Big Trouble Sessions Released: 2019 Atlanta\u2019s Brother Hawk re-appeared on my radar in 2019 year, putting out one of my favorite releases, Big Trouble Sessions.\u00a0 In a city that is overrun with screaming, grunting, and growling bands that play at 100mph, Brother Hawk rose to the top.\u00a0 They proved that there can still be a dark, brooding side to Atlanta yet express it with a strong sense of melody and unbridled passion. 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