MP3 Miller Howell - Habits Can Be Hard To Break

Alt-acoustic singer-songwriter presents six songs about life and love, heartbreak, growing up, and remembering.

6 MP3 Songs
POP: Folky Pop, FOLK: Modern Folk



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âHow can you take my breath from me without saying a word?â ââKirksvilleâ

Miller Howellâs no stranger to the singer-songwriter world of coffeehouses: acoustic guitars competing with schoolbooks and sorority sisters for the crowdâs attention. However, heâs known the other side of the fence, too: that rock ânâ roll grit of seedy bars and dark clubs and soundmen named Rico. In a previous life, Howell was the frontman for indie rock quartet Cheating Kay, a band that formed while he was in college and lasted into early adulthood. The band even spurred a romance; he married the bandâs female singer. Through two full-length albums, an EP and too many traversed Midwest miles to count, Howell found himself growing both as a person and songwriter.

âThe people in that band taught me how to be a musician,â he says. âHow to expand the boundaries of your own creativity, how to manage the business side of things, how to sing with other people doing all kinds of incredible things behind you.â

Now, an older, wiser Howell has reemerged with Habits Can Be Hard to Break, a collection of six songs about lifeâs travels, of getting from point A to point B, and experiencing all moments in between. âTomorrow Comesâ begins the disc with a somber look forward and a rundown of the essentials: âA good job, and a good life, and a good love, and a good cry.â An almost angrily strummed âMissing Youâ raises the tempo, Howellâs strong voice soaring over the heavy frets to ask disbelievingly, âOh girl, did you just say the words?â âIâm Hereâ is equal parts lullaby and love song--an ode to a fallen friend--while âKirksvilleâ allows the listener a heart-wrenching view of a breakup.

This fall will see Howell taking his guitarâand backing bandâon the road. If youâre in the middle part of the countryâMidwest, South, the great state of Texasâexpect a visit from this emotionally honest troubadour. In person, his commanding presence and audience connection are only that much more likely to captivate your every sense.

Not that Howell doesnât want you to pick up the CD and make it a part of your life; he does. But success for him is deeper than mere record or ticket sales. âI just released an EP that my fans, friends and family are really happy with,â he says. âAnd Iâm about the luckiest guy in the world for being in a situation where I can do that. So I really see myself as already having âmade it.â

âBut Iâd love other people to be along for the ride.â

Shotgun, anyone?