Let me introduce you to
THE SPRINGS !
So if you aren’t new to this blog you know one
of my favorite things to do is talk about music, especially artists that I think
deserve more love. This past Summer I’ve spent some time discovering new artists
and falling back in love with previous favorites. I plan to share some of that
with you but today is about The Springs. A band I’ve talked about before … When they gave their fans some free music and if there is nothing I like
more than free music. Even if it’s not good it’s FREE … and let me tell you what
the Springs gave their fans was an amazing taste of what was to come.
This post is going to do double duty, it’s
going to tell you about their new EP and also serve as my launching pad for my
campaign to get this band on XM radio, specially The Highway. I can totally see
these two chatting with Storme Warren or On the Horizon with Buzz Brainard.
They have a very unique story to tell and the music to back it up. I have said
it before but I’ll say it again I really wish there was a better way to tell
them about a song or group that should be a #HighwayFind … I mean how does a
#HighwayFind become found? I figure it’s word of mouth. If enough people start
talking about an artist or a song then the powers that be at The Highway take
notice and it just takes off …. At least that’s my hope for The Springs whom I’ve
been following since 2011.
For those that don’t know … The Springs are a
fabulous Country Music Duo from Hendersonville, Tennessee (originally from
Alabama). This duo is made up of Stewart and Holly Halcomb who describe their
sound as a mixture of Country, Southern Rock, Pop, and Traditional Country
which describes this multi-award winning duo who also write their own songs
with friends.
Their story :
Stewart and Holly are both from Alabama, him
from Enterprise her from New Market (Huntsville/Decatur area). They met at the Bluebird
Café after they had both moved to Nashville to chase the Neon Rainbow. In 2013
the couple got engaged, also at the BlueBird (where they play every chance they
get), and were married in 2015. Their wedding was streamed live via Periscope
so their fans could attend. It’s that connection to their fans whom they call
Frans (Friends + Fans = Frans) that’s going to help this couple thrive both on
the stage and off. Heck earlier this year they shared a picture with a “Fran”
whom they have started a fitness challenge with and now all three are more fit and
more comfortable in their own skins. In my last post I talked about the 7 free
Songs they released on Halloween (2015) via their website. Those tracks alone
were great, I’m still devastated that Everybody Runs didn’t go viral cause it’s
a fantastic song that paints a picture in my head every time I hear it and I
love when music does that. That entire 7 song “EP” for lack of a better name made
me hungry for more.
I love how this group compliments one another
perfectly yet know their strengths and how to showcase each artist and blend
together. It’s not uncommon for a track to feature both, or let one of them run
with the track and you can totally picture the other standing outside of the
booth with a huge grin on their face proud and encouraging the other.
In June 2018 they released “Old Fashioned”
which is a dream for the ears with more poppy country and nods to the
traditional country that Holly and Stewart grew up listening to. Let’s go track by track … cause you know me that’s how I
do. As previously stated these are the thoughts that run through my head as I
listen to each track. Enjoy.
Pulse
– In 2017, as they were working on this album
they released a few tracks, and this was one of them. I really like this track,
it’s not my favorite but I do like it. I like how their voices blend together
so perfectly in the chorus and could listen to that harmony all day long.
Sweet
Spot – I LOVE everything about this track. If
someone asked me what my favorite track was it would be this one. I love the playfulness
in Stewart’s voice. I also love the nod to old country as well as the “rap”
aspect of the track. Plus, it’s a really cute song about how the right girl can
change any guy, yet the guy slips back into those old habits when she’s not
around. However the right girl can always bring him back to where he needs to
be. Ha!
American
Made – I could listen to this track EVERY SINGLE DAY
and never get tired of it. It’s about life in general, and I love how it is
mostly about taking what life throws at you and moving forward despite it. I
like how it’s not all happy and wonderful but that they just make it work by not
giving up. I can see this video in my head, as you know dear reader it makes me
really happy when I can do that with a track. This song should gov viral it’s
something everyone needs to hear. Especially in these times.
I
want it to – It’s time for Holly to get her rap on
in this track. I like this one, but it just feels like its missing something.
Like it starts building to something then doesn’t quite get there. Once again,
the harmony saves this track for me. I can see this one playing very well live
even if it falls a little flat in my ear buds, at least to me.
Cool
– I know it seems that I like the tracks where
Stewart takes the lead but it’s not my fault those tracks just … well speak to
me. I’ve been that person at the bar afraid that everything I’m doing is going
to putt off whomever I’m trying to get the attention of and I like the idea that
it’s finally working cause he found the right one. I love the line “I don’t
mind the game as long as I’m playing by your rules” or something to that
effect.
God
Made one of those – I’ll admit this is not my favorite
track on the album. It’s very slow and while I get the message behind it I just
don’t love it as much as the others. It’s not a track I skip entirely every
time but there are times I’m not interested in it and skip it. I do like the
nod to family that is included in this track cause let’s face it that’s how we
all became who we are and a reminder of that is never a bad idea.
Right
Kind of Love – I really like this track mostly cause
it’s got a peppy beat behind it but it’s very different from the other tracks
on the album. I’ll admit sometimes it comes on and I’m like who is this and pull
up my player to see it’s The Springs. I like the message behind it, that they
both have a past but that that past led them to where they are now and they finally
see what they deserve in the other’s eyes.
Old
Fashioned – This is another that they released in 2017. I like
the roll of this track, I love that this is the title track cause it speaks to
a lot of what this band is about for me. They aren’t flashy, you won’t see
Holly nearly naked on stage, you won’t see Stewart doing “bro country” they are
a throw back to a time when Country Music was amazing. They would have
destroyed the charts back in the 90s and I think Country Music fans want that
kind of music back on the radio.
Ex
on your Hand – The first time I heard “Too old to be
going out with an ex on your hand” I literally stopped what I was doing and
payed more attention. That was brilliant. The combination of the “X” that someone
gets going to a club/bar as well as the “X” that someone has when they are
obsessed with an ex that should stay that way. That parallel was brilliant and I
don’t know who came up with it but I’m thrilled they did. I can think of about 10
friends who need to hear this track and even more around the Country that
likely need to hear it too.
Stop
- This is another that they released in 2017. Such
a beautiful track that reminds you that while people fall in love very easily
no one ever wrote a book about how to let go when one wants it to end and the
other wasn’t ready. I can see Stewart at the bar with the Bartender “asking
where you have been.” I can see him driving around town doing everything he can
to keep from turning onto her road, I can see it and have lived it. Nothing is
worse than being the one who didn’t want it to end but it ended anyway and all
you can do is move forward cause moving backwards gets you no where.
We
Got This House – This track is another one that speaks
exactly to who I think Stewart and Holly are. It’s a song about rolling with
what the universe throws at you and picking up and waking up the next day to do
it all over again. This track is about how the “house” is the center of their
universe that helped create the rest of the path. This track definitely has an “American
Made” feel to it but on a different level. The downs make the ups way better as
long as you don’t let the downs take it all away, sometimes you just have to
leap and hope it all works out.
This 11 track CD was released, and self-promoted
to a debut of #33 on Billboard, #33 in Country Album Sales and #40 in
Independent Album sales that week. They have no label, no manager, no
promotional team, no publisher they are strictly a word of mouth group that is
traveling the South playing their music and building a fan base, the old-fashioned
way. If you get Sweet Spot, American Made, and Cool I swear you will come back
for the rest of the CD. I beg you to check out their new album, via the links
below, and get this band on The Highway ASAP!
This band deserves to be a #HighwayFind
cause they are definitely #OnTheHorizon jump on the bandwagon now before there’s
no room.
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| The Springs at Blue Gill in 2017 |
Links:
Website:
http://www.thespringsband.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thespringsband
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesprings/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesprings/
Marcy (@beaslma)
