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The Pine Hill Haints

Taking inspiration from roots music and Southern tales of the supernatural, the Pine Hill Haints play a self-described style of "Alabama ghost country" that touches upon honky tonk, rockabilly, folk, and bluegrass. Embracing the sound and feel of the South's musical past, the band mixes their music with a modernist outlook that's smart and energetic, creating a sound that has the power of rock & roll channeled through acoustic instruments, musical saws, washtubs, and washboards. The group enjoyed a creative breakthrough with 2007's Ghost Dance, their recording technique took a step forward on 2014's The Magik Sound of the Pine Hill Haints, and they offered a double-shot of music in 2021 with 13 and The Song Companion of a Lone Star Cowboy. As a child, vocalist Jamie Barrier often joined his grandfather in attending local hootenannies, where he was exposed to the musical traditions of his native Alabama. Later, Barrier honed his own voice by singing in a graveyard -- the Pine Hill Cemetery -- and formed a raucous rockabilly outfit named the Wednesdays while still in elementary school. The Wednesdays would go on to release several albums in the 2000s, but Barrier nevertheless formed the Pine Hill Haints in 1998 as a second (and considerably different) project, piecing together a revolving lineup that ultimately solidified around core members Matt Bakula (washtub bass, banjo), Ben Rhyne (snare drum), and Jamie's wife, Katie Barrier (washboard, mandolin). The Pine Hill Haints issued their earliest recordings (three full-lengths, a 12" vinyl, and several split albums) on Barrier's own Arkam Records before attracting attention from K Records' founder Calvin Johnson, who recorded the band's next release -- You Bury Your Hate in a Shallow Grave -- for free. The disc was released on Portland's LELP label, as was the band's follow-up EP, Pine Hill Haints Meet Clampitt, Gaddis & Buck. While the Pine Hill Haints returned to Arkam for 2005's Those Who Wander, they were subsequently picked up by K Records and released Ghost Dance, an eclectic album of 20 lo-fi songs, in November 2007. One year later, the band retreated to Florence, Alabama, to record at the Black Owl Trading Co. The resulting record, To Win or to Lose, marked the Haints' second release for K Records in summer 2009. The band continued their streak on the label with 2011's Welcome to the Midnight Opry and 2014's The Magik Sounds of the Pine Hill Haints, along with various EPs and split releases during the same stretch. Their first LP without Bakula or Rhyne, Smoke arrived in 2017 on Arkam. After a few years away from the studio, the band started making up for lost time in 2021; in January, they brought out the album 13 through Arkam (so titled because it was believed to be their 13th album), and May saw the release of the LP The Song Companion of a Lone Star Cowboy on Single Lock Records.
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