On September 16th, the Brooklyn-based rock blues group She Keeps Bees release their third album, Eight Houses on the label Future Gods.
The 10-track effort follows 2011’s excellent Dig On and sees Jessica Larrabee and Andy LaPlant expanding upon their gritty, blues rock sound, which earned them early comparisons to PJ Harvey and even The White Stripes.
Eight Houses maintains the band’s characteristic mix of soulful blues and rock sound, blending the aggression of tracks like “Gimmie” from Nests with the atmospheric sounds of songs like “Mercury” from Minisink Hotel.
Sharon Van Etten singing back-up vocals on two of the album’s best tracks, “Is What It Is” and “Owl.”