DOWNLOAD: The Brute Chorus - "Could This Be Love" (from How the Caged Bird Sings)

Indie blue-rockers, The Brute Chorus are releasing their second disc, How The Caged Bird Sings, in August on the London indie label TAPE. The first single, "Could This Be Love", is available now as a free download.

The Brute Chorus' music is a mix of blues and rockabilly and is comparable to the Knoxville Girls or Heavy Trash. (The Cramps or Gun Club may be better comparisons for those outside of the New York area). The band built a reputation for their live shows at Camden's Hawley Arms (one-time home to Amy Winehouse) and recorded their self-titled debut album in front of a live audience at Camden's Roundhouse. The BBC described the band as "suckled on surf, old time blues and quiff-bouncing rockabilly, their music breathes and sweats; you can almost feel the saliva spray as frontman James Steel splutters lines about flooded tower blocks and duplicitous mythical heroes."

Here are the band's upcoming tour dates:

April 29th – London, UK – Bloody Awful Poetry @ Madam JoJo’s at 8pm
May 1st – Leeds, UK – Live @ Leeds, Elbow Rooms at 1pm
May 1st – London, UK – Camden Crawl @ The Hawley Arms at 8pm
May 20th – London, UK – Big Chill House @ 8pm
July 15th – Cheltenham, UK - 2000 Trees Festival
July 18th – Cockermouth, UK – Cock Rock Festival

Links:
The Brute Chorus