Two Gallants new 7″

You
can read a previous post I did about these guys here, but this new
recording goes beyond what I heard on their last release and live.  Adam’s
voice keeps getting better and you can here the new single below.

Bringing an infusion of bloody-knuckled punk energy to storytelling
epics and tear-in-your-beer honky-tonk, the two musicians of Two
Gallants had the balls to name themselves after a short story by James
Joyce, and they back up their hubris by crafting a surprisingly
original sound out of their timeworn influences.

Founded in 2002 by childhood friends and San Francisco natives Adam
Stephens (vocals, harmonica, guitar) and Tyson Vogel (drums, vocals),
Two Gallants cut their teeth at house parties and frequent guerilla
shows outside Mission Street BART stations.Equally adept at dark,
brokenhearted ballads shot through with a whiskey-soaked wit that
belies their youth (Adam and Tyson are in their early 20s) and
punked-up jigs that make the duo sound like a pared-down version of the
Pogues tackling Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music, the
gallants honed their startlingly mature material with extensive touring
and a couple of homemade CDs, long before they had an album in stores.

Their proper debut, The Throes, was recorded in Berkeley in early 2004
and released by Alive Records. The resulting album details vivid
narratives built around Stephensís craggy, potent voice and intricate
picking and propelled by Vogelís alternately muscular and sensitive
rhythms.

las cruces jail marks Two Gallantsí first release on Saddle Creek.
Recorded at Tiny Telephone in San Francisco with Scott Solter during
August 2005, Two Gallantsí second record what the toll tells will be
released on Saddle Creek in February 2006. Look for Adam & Tyson
touring Europe in November 2005 with The Decemberists, and then around
the US and Europe again next year in support of the new release.

las cruces jail 7î Single
release date: DECEMBER 6, 2005
Track Listing
1.las cruces jail (6:50)
2.long summer day (acoustic) (5:25)