Houndmouth is a folk/rock (as opposed to folk rock) band from the lowland plains and farmland of Indiana and Kentucky. Like many of the new bands that find their way onto my turntable or ipod nowadays, they seem to take their inspiration from The Band. More unusually, these guys have signed to the Rough Trade label. Penitentiary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hws_N4St0BU from their self-titled ep is a fine song. And although the other tracks don't quite hit the spot in the same way, this is their first release and it will be worth watching to see whether they mature and maybe even find their own identity. This would be the best thing for them in the long run as they do run the risk of disappearing amongst similar sounding bands, many of whom are stronger musically and, quite frankly, better. But it's early days.
Asked where they got the name Houndmouth from, singer Matt Myers stated: “We record at nighttime to get rid of all the noise during the day like sirens and car honks, but there are always these two dogs that the neighbours have that bark all night. We recorded a bunch of tracks and finally get one that we liked, but when we played it back Shane said, “It’s not gonna work, there’s too much houndmouth on this!” He was clearly drunk because no one would say “houndmouth.” Ever.
The name stuck.
http://houndmouth.com/
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