Label: Sensibility Recordings/Columbia Records

ASIN: B00DBRT57S

About the Album: After a wildly successful first album, fans of The Civil Wars were deeply saddened to hear that the band was taking a hiatus due to “internal discord and irreconcilable differences of ambition.” Thankfully, that hasn’t stopped the duo from releasing a new self-titled album, out August 6^th.  This highly anticipated album is the follow up to the three-time Grammy Award-winning duo’s acclaimed debut, Barton Hollow. The album was recorded in Nashville between August 2012 and January 2013. Charlie Peacock was again producer for the album. Additionally, Rick Rubin produced the duo’s performance for the track “I Had Me a Girl” Peacock later completed the track by producing the instrumentation and mix. While they haven’t fully addressed whether or not they are no longer on hiatus, the album proves a worthy and hopefully not last listen.

Track Spotlight: “The One That Got Away” isn’t a redux of the Katy Perry song, rather a possible lamentation of the state of the band. In addition to their usual haunting vocals, there’s added drama, with louder, more intense guitars and drums.

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