IndieMuse Review
12.10.09The Montana music scene isn’t well known to people who aren’t from the great state of the Grizzly bear, but I’ve actually heard some really great bands out of the region. One of them that especially stands out is the Missoula, MT based grassroots, folk group Wartime Blues. If you are a fan of M. Ward, Wilco, or Modest Mouse, check em out!
They just released a new album, Doves & Drums, that’s one of the most solid releases of the year. The album has a heavy classic rock influence and front...
(more)The Montana music scene isn’t well known to people who aren’t from the great state of the Grizzly bear, but I’ve actually heard some really great bands out of the region. One of them that especially stands out is the Missoula, MT based grassroots, folk group Wartime Blues. If you are a fan of M. Ward, Wilco, or Modest Mouse, check em out!
They just released a new album, Doves & Drums, that’s one of the most solid releases of the year. The album has a heavy classic rock influence and front man Nate Hegyi’s voice could easily be compared to that of Dylan’s. A few of my favorites on the album include “Doves & Drums,” “Youth,” “Saul Whitewater,” and “Judas Horse.”
The eight piece band is made up of Nate Hegyi, Jesse Netzloff (guitar), Ben Prez (mandoline), Sam Luikens (banjo), Bethany Joyce (cellist), Lisena Brown (keyboard), Tyler Knapp (bass), and Martin McCain (drums).
Wartime Blues, Doves & Drums Review
12.03.09If big, loud, electrified rock bands can be classed as stadium acts, Wartime Blues is more of a chamber ensemble. It's hard to imagine this eight-piece playing their gritty workingman's folk on an elevated stage under hot lights. Better to hear them in an intimate club, better yet a saloon. Ideally, you'd hear them around the fire in some bygone military encampment while the audience drinks moonshine out of tin cups. Whatever the setting, this is a band worth hearing, and their first full-len...
(more)If big, loud, electrified rock bands can be classed as stadium acts, Wartime Blues is more of a chamber ensemble. It's hard to imagine this eight-piece playing their gritty workingman's folk on an elevated stage under hot lights. Better to hear them in an intimate club, better yet a saloon. Ideally, you'd hear them around the fire in some bygone military encampment while the audience drinks moonshine out of tin cups. Whatever the setting, this is a band worth hearing, and their first full-length album is the proof.
Doves and Drums opens at walking pace and pretty much stays there, but this is no easy-listening stroll. This album is a trek. Distances will be covered. On the album-opener "Youth," Martin McCain's drums and Nate Hegyi's guitar set the marching pace at indie-anthemic, but much of the material is closer to traditional Springsteen-style Americana. The Jersey troubadour ("Saul Whitewater," "Wind Me Up") is as much an influence as Seeger Sessions Springsteen ("Robert Ford and Jesse James"), but that derivation doesn't detract from the level of talent and originality on display. If you haven't discovered Wartime Blues, discover them now while you can still see them in a small, crowded room.
IndieMuse Review
12.10.09The Montana music scene isn’t well known to people who aren’t from the great state of the Grizzly bear, but I’ve actually heard some really great bands out of the region. One of them that especially stands out is the Missoula, MT based grassroots, folk group Wartime Blues. If you are a fan of M. Ward, Wilco, or Modest Mouse, check em out!
They just released a new album, Doves & Drums, that’s one of the most solid releases of the year. The album has a heavy classic rock influence and front man Nate Hegyi’s voice could easily be compared to that of Dylan’s. A few of my favorites on the album include “Doves & Drums,” “Youth,” “Saul Whitewater,” and “Judas Horse.”
The eight piece band is made up of Nate Hegyi, Jesse Netzloff (guitar), Ben Prez (mandoline), Sam Luikens (banjo), Bethany Joyce (cellist), Lisena Brown (keyboard), Tyler Knapp (bass), and Martin McCain (drums).
Wartime Blues, Doves & Drums Review
12.03.09If big, loud, electrified rock bands can be classed as stadium acts, Wartime Blues is more of a chamber ensemble. It's hard to imagine this eight-piece playing their gritty workingman's folk on an elevated stage under hot lights. Better to hear them in an intimate club, better yet a saloon. Ideally, you'd hear them around the fire in some bygone military encampment while the audience drinks moonshine out of tin cups. Whatever the setting, this is a band worth hearing, and their first full-length album is the proof.
Doves and Drums opens at walking pace and pretty much stays there, but this is no easy-listening stroll. This album is a trek. Distances will be covered. On the album-opener "Youth," Martin McCain's drums and Nate Hegyi's guitar set the marching pace at indie-anthemic, but much of the material is closer to traditional Springsteen-style Americana. The Jersey troubadour ("Saul Whitewater," "Wind Me Up") is as much an influence as Seeger Sessions Springsteen ("Robert Ford and Jesse James"), but that derivation doesn't detract from the level of talent and originality on display. If you haven't discovered Wartime Blues, discover them now while you can still see them in a small, crowded room.
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Location: Missoula, MT, United States
Formed in: 2006
Wartime Blues, described fittingly as “new roots hybrid” by The Tripwire, is an eight-piece folk rock outfit out of the western mountain town of Missoula, Montana. Led by guitarist/vocalist Nate Hegyi, the band includes Ben Prez (mandolin/backup vocals), Sam Luikens (banjo/backup vocals), Lisena Brown (keys), Bethany Joyce (cello/violin), Jesse Netzloff (electric guitar), Tyler Knapp (bass) and Martin McCain (percussion). Falling comfortably between Wolf Parade and the Hold Steady, Wartime Blues has garnered acclaim throughout the Rocky Mountain West since 2007 and has shared the stage with the likes of Bill Callahan among others.
