MP3 The Amity Front - Highway Bound

The Amity Front and Highway Bound has a timeless sound that holds its own among the ancients while simultaneously reinventing the modern-day blues with old time Americana sound.

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BLUES: Rockin' Blues, FOLK: Folk Blues



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"The Amity Front is clearly a band on the rise. Their chops are impressive in their restraint, and they have a musical richness that comes from long summer days sitting on the porch pickinâ and smokinâ." --NORTHEAST PERFORMER MAGAZINE January 2006


Depending on whom you askâ¦Itâs a story that has a few different versions of the truth. The way 23-year old, lead singer Erik Alan tells it, he was, ââ¦on a road trip from Detroit with my buddy and his dogâ¦lookinâ for some people to play with one night.â

Someone else will tell you that after meeting some folks at an old-time session, and having a late-night jam, the finger-picking kid from Detroit with the huge voice never left. (They didnât bother to ask him if he was serious when he asked, âIf I move out here, do you want to start a band?ââ)

Regardless of what really happened, Amherst, Massachusetts-based The Amity Front has developed into one of the best old time-blues and americana bands the Pioneer Valley has ever heard. The sound is a ride into Americaâs past, complete with Alanâs finger-picking, lead guitar Levin Schwartzâs dynamic solos and upright bassist Max Adamâs walking bass lines.

Whether it is a Kentucky work song, blues from the Delta or one of their rock and roll-tinged originals, The Amity Front are intelligent, engaging live performers and are backed by their solid debut release, Highway Bound.

The early 2006 full-length release is produced by David âGoodyâ Goodrich (highly acclaimed collaborator and producer for such names as Peter Mulvey, Chris Smither, Jeffrey Foucault, Kris Delmhorst and Redbird) and recorded at the legendary Windham Hotel in Bellows Falls, VT.

Highway Bound has a timeless sound that holds its own among the ancients and simultaneously reinvents the modern-day blues with old time sound. Of The Amity Front and Highway Bound, Goodrich says, âThe Amity Front are one of the most exciting bands I've heard in awhileâ¦A sound and feel well beyond their years, with their ears to the ground.â

The story of a finger-picking, blues-singing Detroit native up and moving across the country to join a band and make music may have been written before, but The Amity Front and Highway Bound are ready to have their shot at itâ¦no matter who you ask.