NASHVILLE ||
DT: NOVEMBER 15, 2016
FM: MITCH SCHNEIDER/MIKE GOWEN/VANESSA LOVETT, MSO PR
 THE WALCOTTS
PARTNER WITH ROLLING STONE COUNTRY TO PREMIERE
MUSIC VIDEO FOR “COALINGA” YESTERDAY (11/14)
FROM DEBUT ‘LET THE DEVIL WIN’ ALBUM
ANNOUNCE PERFORMANCE AT
STAGECOACH MUSIC FESTIVAL
FALL U.S. TOUR CONTINUES TONIGHT (NOVEMBER 15)
IN ATLANTA, GA
 Above: THE WALCOTTS, credit Max Knight
Download hi res press photo and album art here: https://we.tl/KTOkrsOhmv
“The Walcotts take a broad approach to their own brand of roots music, mixing twang, brass and bombast…”
Genre-blending, roots and rock’n’roll band THE WALCOTTS yesterday (November 14) partnered with Rolling Stone Country to premiere their official music video for “Coalinga”–a rich, panoramic video exploring the San Joaquin Valley in California–from the band’s debut full-length album LET THE DEVIL WIN (out now on Local Hero Records via KOBALT/AWAL). Click here to watch the “Coalinga” video.
Earlier this month, TheBoot.com debuted a performance video for THE WALCOTTS‘ “Let Me Take You Home Tonight,” describing the band is “packed full of lush harmonies, pedal steel, fiddle and upbeat piano…they’ve earned a reputation as a powerful live act.” (Amy McCarthy, 11/8). You can watch that video here.
This weekalso marks a major milestone for THE WALCOTTS with the announcement of their first-ever performance slot at California’s Stagecoach Country Music Festival. On Saturday, April 29 during the three-day festival, the band will share the festival stagewitha diverse group of artists such as Willie Nelson, Shania Twain, Jamey Johnson, Margo Price, Kip Moore, Maren Morris and more. For more information on Stagecoach, visit: http://www.stagecoachfestival.com/.
Having already performed in major markets like Washington, DC and New York City, THE WALCOTTS continue their U.S. fall tour today (November 15) at Eddie’s Attic in Atlanta, GA. The tour also stops in Nashville–for a show this Wednesday (11/16) at The Basement–among other cities before wrapping in Chicago at Schubas on Sunday, November 20. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit: www.thewalcottsmusic.com/shows/. Full tour itinerary is below.
LET THE DEVIL WIN finds the Los Angeles-based WALCOTTS planting one foot in the rootsy terrain of their influences and the other pointing toward the future. Armed with a large line-up, their sound is fueled by male-female vocal harmonies with the accompaniment of horns, pedal-steel, fiddle, and piano. The 12-track album captivatingly distills roots music,soul, blues, and country. It can be purchased digitally (here) on iTunes and physically in CD and vinyl formats on Amazon here. Additionally, the album can be streamed on Spotify here.
With songs recorded at the legendary FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and Rami Jaffee’s (The Wallflowers/Foo Fighters) private Fonogenic Studios in Los Angeles along with a co-written song with John Alagia–known for his work with Dave Matthews Band and John Mayer–the sound is unmistakably WALCOTTS: both familiar and fresh, old and new, fine-tuned and broadly appealing.
Catch THE WALCOTTS on tour in the following cities:
MORE PRAISE FOR THE WALCOTTS:
“The Walcotts deliver with their new album Let the Devil Win…I tried to liken the Walcotts to another band, or artist, but there are no direct comparisons. They are unique and cross over into multiple genres. Rock’n’Roll, Folk, R&B, and Country melt together, backed with the full energy of a big band. Male Vocalist Tom Cusimano at times reminds me of Tom Petty.”
“The Walcotts…play perfect driving-on-the-freeway music. The band’s rootsy, rollicking soulful sound is reminiscent of Tom Petty or Bruce Springsteen, but is entirely the Walcotts’ own. The boy-girl harmonies, backed by horns, pedal steel, fiddle, and piano, feels familiar but altogether new.”
“…the Walcotts have quickly established themselves as a band to watch.”
“Los Angeles-based the Walcotts blend traditional American roots-based instruments into a raucous party for all, with male-female harmony singing, various acoustic string instruments, horns and an all-out attitude for fun.”
“Tim, Laura, Jim, and Devin make up The Walcotts, a rootsty new take on country-rock… fans of contemporary country-rock, will certainly be delighted. The album starts off with the paunchy ‘Should’ve Been Me’ which plays with creole notes sounding like something that could have come right out of New Orleans. It’s the kind of feel-good track…that illicit feelings of sitting on a back porch sucking down a Hurricane. From there, the album moves on weaving in and out of heavier country sounds and bluegrass stylings. It’s clear that The Walcotts, who formed in 2012, are apt musicians and thought out instrumentalists. Their success is heard when they follow a country, bluegrass, even bluesier path…’Let Me Take You Home Tonight’ sounds like a track that would have an entire southern America pub hooting and hollering.”
“Filling the main stage room of Hotel Cafe with a mighty sound, the L.A.-based ‘genre-bending’ Americana band The Walcotts performed a vigorous and robust set of music off their just-released, debut album Let The Devil Win…The 12-song album features lyrical themes that are both personal and universal aimed at both the heart and mind…The nine-piece live band…featured a melodic sonic explosion of guitars, horns, rhythm section, violin, pedal-steel and organ. The pacing, timing and arrangements were perfectly executed live and intricately coordinated but with a loose and spontaneous feel giving their high-energy set that dynamic, gritty edge throughout.”
“Large L.A. band…carries on more like a New Orleans band, or a bowl of New Orleans gumbo, stirring up many flavors of American music into a spicy party.”
“Dr. John and Tom Waits spend a night drinking together somewhere between New Orleans and Los Angeles. A great cross-pollination of R&B, Soul and Country.”
“If you are missing the music of Levon Helm, look no further”
“The Walcotts know what they’re doing. Raise a glass to the late Levon Helm – in fact, make it strawberry wine – and be thankful the Walcotts aren’t making emo with a banjo.”
 Above: album cover art for
THE WALCOTTS’ LET THE DEVIL WIN
About THE WALCOTTS:
Formed in 2012, THE WALCOTTS began spreading their music through multiple TV and film placements, while also earning a well-deserved rep as a powerful live act (with personnel growing as large as nine players on stage). They’ve opened dates for Steve Winwood, Chris Isaak and Honeyhoney before landing the above-mentioned Chris Stapleton West Coast tour. Live, THE WALCOTTS bring the nuances of their recorded material to life with every show–including recent gigs alongside LeeAnn Womack, Lindi Ortega, Kate Voegele and Men at Work’s Colin Hay–building upward toward an explosion of horns, organ, guitar and dual vocals.
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818.380.0400 x239
Mike Gowen // mgowen@msopr.com
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