The Sights and Sounds has been invited to cover the 2013 Hangout Music and Arts Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama and as part of our coverage of the event, and in an effort to continually bring you the best in new and great music, we will be running a series highlighting the artists set to perform at this year’s event. Read about the bands, find some new artists to listen to, and enjoy the sounds below.
 
Formed in the early spring of 2006 by a scraggly group of teenage kids, The Weeks – comprised at the time of Cain Barnes, Chaz Lindsay, Cyle Barnes, Damien Bone, and Samuel Williams – “demonstrated how much five kids between the ages of 14 and 16 knew about pain, death, love, loss and the trials of life in the deep South…” (RS) The group instantly came to define the new sound of southern rock with their grunge-powered, high-octane anthems rich with a soul that spoke far deeper than the band’s teenage years would suggest.

After some lineup changes that left The Weeks as a four piece consisting of the Barnes twins, Bone and Williams, the band relocated to Nashville, TN. Soon after, the group returned to Mississippi to work with Winn McElroy at his Black Wings Studio to produce the 8-track Gutter Gaunt Gangster. And like any great rock ‘n’ roll outfit worth its salt, the band played as often as humanly possible, with countless club dates across the Southeast and tours alongside such like-minded acts as Local H, North Mississippi All-Stars, and the Meat Puppets.

More recently, the group signed with Kings of Leon‘s label, Serpents and Snakes, and have re-released Gutter Gaunt Gangster with Amazon.com naming the collection among its top 10 “Outstanding 2012 Albums You Might Have Missed.” Additionally, they have just released their highly anticipated label debut album Dear Bo Jackson which was recorded with Grammy Award-nominated producer/engineer Paul Moak at his Nashville studio, The Smoakstack. Drawing inspiration from such iconic works of Americana as The Band’s Music From Big Pink, The Weeks enriched their already well-seasoned sonic stew with the classic flavors of soul, R&B, funk, and heavy boogie to create their own unique take on contemporary Southern rock.

Check out a couple of their standout singles in “Brother In The Night” and “The House We Grew Up In” below and head over to Rolling Stone to stream Dear Bo Jackson in full.

“Our shoes are tattered and torn, but our feet are dry. As for our places in history, we will run naked through your streets before we sit decorated in your halls.”
 

 

 
The Weeks are set to perform on the BMI Stage at 5pm on Friday, May 17th.

Tickets for Hangout Music Festival are still available here.
 

20

Add to the story...