BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB

By Neil Hubbard, Triplearadio.com Contributing Editor

The Album
Howl

The Single
"Ain't No Easy Way"

The Label
RCA

Discography
Howl (2005)
Take Them On, On Your Own (2003)
B.R.M.C. (2001)

Liner Notes
Drawing on a wide variety of influences from blues to gospel to country to 60's British Invasion on Howl, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club has broken into new territory from their first two releases. The group has undergone some membership changes since their last album and has completely revamped their sound. The material on Howl explores all those genres with passion, respect and authority.

The radio single, "Ain't No Easy Way" opens with an insistent acoustic guitar that gives way to electric slide guitar, howling harmonica and pounding drums. T-Bone Burnett is credited with assistance in the production and it shows in the very rootsy sound throughout the 14 songs on Howl. 
 
Clattering tambourine, bluesy slide guitar and lyrics about sin, loss, redemption, and salvation evoke themes of the great spiritual music from America's south in "Gospel Song" "Shuffle Your Feet" and "Devil's Waiting." There are fairly obvious nods to Bob Dylan on "Restless Sinner" and "Complicated Situation." And it's impossible not to hear echoes of John Lennon's Phil Spector-produced Imagine album on "Weight of the World" and "Sympathetic Noose," which uses a slap-back effect on the vocal and rhythm tracks. Howl has scanned over 41,000 since its release on August 23, 2005.

The Musicians
Peter Hayes (Guitar, vocals)
Robert Levon (Been Bass, vocals)
Nick Jago (Drums)

Site
www.blackrebelmotorcycleclub.com

On
WXRT Chicago
WXPN Philadelphia
KCUV Denver
KEXP Seattle
Sirius/Spectrum
WRNR Annapolis-Baltimore
WRSI Northampton/Springfield
WTMD Towson-Baltimore
KNBA Anchorage
KPIG Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz
KPND Sand Point ID/Spokane
KRCC Eugene
KRSH Santa Rosa 
KSMT Breckenridge-Summit County CO
KSPN Aspen
KTAO Taos
KTHX Reno
KUT Austin
KMTN Jackson WY
KXCI Tucson
KYSL Vail
WBJB Lincroft-Monmouth NJ
WBZC Burlington WI
WCBE Columbus
WDST Woodstock
WEBK Killington VT
WERU Blue Hills ME
WEVL Memphis
WFPK Louisville
WKZE Sharon CN
WMNF Tampa
WMWV Conway NH
WNCS Montpelier-Burlingon VT/Plattsburgh NY  
WNKU Highland Heights-Cincinnati
WNRN Charlottesville VA 
WTYD Fredericksburg VA
WVOD Wanchese/Outer Banks NC 
KDBB Park Hills, MO
KSLU Hammond LA

Retail
Howl is in stores as of August 23.

Contact
Adrian Moreira, RCA Records
Simi Dube, RCA Records