“Our
focus is memorable melodies, heartfelt story telling, acoustic guitar, piano,
bass groove driven soul. Our music is built on the rawness of music. No frills,
no samples, no auto-tune.” – The Black Whisky Union
Long time Morgue readers may
recall my love for an L.A.-based pop rock band called Vinyl Candy. After three
albums of SoCal goodness, the band is currently “on hiatus.” Even though I’m in
sporadic contact with some of the band members (i.e. we’re Facebook friends), I
don’t actually know the specifics behind the break, or if it’s permanent, or
what. I do know that in pop and roll terms, three albums is not a number to
sneeze at, and they were three solid albums, and those three CDs will sit nicely
next to my Jellyfish and Big Star discs[1].
The good news is that two
members of Vinyl Candy – all around musical maestro Jim Leber,
and percussionist Michael Wessner - have formed a new band with a lady named
Brit Sheridan, who’s handling the majority of the vox on this project. She’s
got the looks and the pipes, this girl, and is unquestionably an ideal front
person for The Black Whisky Union. Brit’s also an actress, and if you’re a
Supernatural fan, you may have caught her on last year’s episode “Bitten.”
The
Black Whisky Union kicked off their sound around Christmas with a holiday
offering appropriately entitled “Christmas Time” - a bold move. Most bands
don’t do the holiday stuff until like the fifth album. They followed that up
with a exceptional cover of the Eagles radio staple “I Can’t Tell You Why,” and now
they’ve unveiled a three song EP entitled Lysergic, which frankly gets
catchier and more perfect with each successive listen; major ear wormage, in
the best possible way. I’m particularly fond of “Letter,” which reminds me of
the great Vinyl Candy ballads. You can listen to all of this stuff on Soundcloud
at the band’s website. Like what you hear? It’s all available on iTunes.
The
band intends to release two more EPs later this year (perhaps to be titled Acid and Diethylamide?). Be sure to “like” them on Facebook so you can keep
up with their tuneage and release schedule.
[1]Matt
Corey and Justin Brinsfield – your contributions will be missed like you
cannot imagine.
