the dead south sugar and joy

The Dead South (from the album Sugar & Joy available on Six Shooter Records)
Our current musical landscape proves that the only constant is change as hybrids become the future, the purity of any style becoming an insurmountable wall. The Dead South defy the impassable purists that stand at the gates of Bluegrass tradition on their recent release, Sugar & Joy. The Canadian prairie province of Saskatchewan is home to the four-piece, the band plugging in to the inherent reckless ways of the wild western states, putting their opinions and playing side by side into finger-pointing of “Blue Trash” from Sugar & Joy. Salvation and a mode of transportation are addressed in “Heaven in a Wheelbarrow” while Sugar & Joy offers “Diamond Ring” with an edge in the melody to match the desperation in the storyline as The Dead South stage “Snake Man, Part 1” on gentle acoustics and leave a mark with the rhythmic slash of “Snake Man, Part 2”.
 
Gold Rush-era gambler garb is the clothing of choice for The Dead South, Sugar & Joy album number three for the string-driven four-piece, continuing the momentum put in place by the runaway YouTube hit, “In Hell You’ll Be in Good Company” from their debut. The Dead South shuffle styles with their brand of Bluegrass, cultivating a sound that matches all aspects of the band. Tales of the western lands roll across Sugar & Joy with “Broken Cowboy” as The Dead South strum up a heady brew to go with “Crawdaddy Served Cold”.
 
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