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The last time we heard from the Quaker City Night Hawks, they were traveling the country in support of their Lightning Rod Records debut, El Astronauta, an album that mixed the greasy strut of 1970s rock with doses of down-and-dirty Texas blues, science fiction, and Bible Belt boogie. The guys were Texans by birth, but their music whipped up its own geography. With its spacey, southern stomp, El Astronauta couldve been the soundtrack for a road trip across the American desertor even the house music for a weekend night at the Mos Eisley Cantina.Noisey said this ragtag bunch of boundary-pushers is likely to appeal to fans of Fu Manchu and Tom Waits in equal measure, and Rolling Stone proclaimed Quaker City Night Hawks songs fly in the face of mainstream rules. Arriving two years later, 2018s QCNH ramps up that diversity with 10 new songs rooted in vintage R&B grooves, Stax-worthy funk, and guitar-fueled psychedelia. Weve always been a rock says Sam Anderson, who splits the bands singing, songwriting, and guitar-playing duties with David Matsler. Theres a big 70s influence and a strong southern element to everything we do. With this record, though, were exploring the sounds weve havent touched upon as often. Its the deepest weve ever gone into our influences, and the widest range of sounds weve ever tied together.
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