Houndmouth

Any band that encourages me to use my dash board as a drum kit has officially earned their way into my heart. This is exactly what happened when I was listening to '15 Years' by Houndmouth and I almost completely lost control of myself mid-dash-board-jam when I started to use the accelerator as the kick. 

WHOA. WHOA. WHOA.

What the fuck Houndmouth? Where is the warning label? I could've sued you for a class C misdemeanor of uncontrollable dashboard battery and assault. How dare you contract a hit and and run on my nervous system like that?

Thankfully, the next heart-rendering track 'For No One' put me at ease, and eventually into tears, as I pulled off the shoulder and continued my journey to pick up the Saturday night pizza. BUT it did force me to go 25 mph in a 40 with the wipers on even though it wasn't raining as I swiped away the strings of snot with the cuff of my jacket. 

HOUNDMOUTH, STOP PLAYING MY EMOTIONZ WITH YOUR INFECTIOUS AND VERSATILE MUSICAL STYLEZ. 

Houndmouth's album Little Neon Limelight (which came out last March) is a roller coaster of feelz and I'm so glad that it eventually found me. I've been listening to this shit non-stop for the last week because it appeals to all my sides: my fun side, my sad side, my sassy side, my witty side, my good side, my bad side, my side that likes to sway back and forth arm in arm with my intoxicated buddies at a bar when a good song comes on the jukebox, and my side that freely admits I have too many sides for a (somewhat) normal human being with a doctor's prescribed one personality. 

But that doctor was a quack. 

How does Houndmouth do this?

Well, I read that they used multiple influences in songwriting and overall sound: contributions from every member in the band, the producers, the sound engineers, the drummer's cat named Peanut Butter, etc. Listening to this album is like listening to an album The Band would've made because it somehow makes a cohesive collection of the multiple singers, styles and sounds used. 

If you have been sleeping Houndmouth, like me, I highly encourage you to check them out. But make sure you aren't operating heavy machinery. If you've been on top of these assholes from day 1 then I'll see you at their next show.

AND best yet, Houndmouth is from Indiana. I just moved to 'The Region'.Call me guys! (flashes telephone to face, tilts head, turns and skips away)