{"id":24076,"date":"2015-12-01T13:00:11","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T19:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=24076"},"modified":"2017-08-14T10:58:14","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T15:58:14","slug":"tmn-radio-new-artist-dead-trains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=24076","title":{"rendered":"TMN Radio New Artist:  Dead Trains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?attachment_id=24079\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24079\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-24079\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Country-Road-Boudn-Cover-300x270.jpg?resize=300%2C270\" alt=\"Country Road Boudn Cover\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a>Hailing from Boston, Dead Trains create a unique hybrid of old country blues and punk rock. Since their debut <em>Break \u2018Em On Down<\/em> EP in 2013, they have toured extensively along the East Coast and embarked on two nationwide tours. With their most recent release, <em>32\/20<\/em> EP, Dead Trains have garnered major local support from Vanyaland and Boston Metro and were recently named The Deli New England\u2019s Artist of the Month.<\/p>\n<p>With their frenetic, slide guitar-driven mixture of blues and punk, Dead Trains want listeners to know that this is not simply blues rock. Inspired by the sounds and lyricism of traditional Delta Blues, <em>County Road Bound<\/em> tackles themes of displacement, self-deprecation, and fatalism. Even the album title derives from traditional blues repertoire. To be \u201ccounty road bound\u201d suggests that you\u2019re bound to be sentenced to a road prison because of crimes you\u2019ve committed or plan on committing.<\/p>\n<p><em>County Road Bound<\/em> utilizes irregular chord progressions, swift tempo changes, and pulsing bass and guitar lines to create the menacing, hard to define sound that Dead Trains have become known for. The title track seamlessly brings all these elements together and even transitions into their interpretation of Johnny Winter\u2019s \u201cMean Town Blues.\u201d The record also includes an unrecognizable cover of Suicide\u2019s 1977 \u201cRocket USA,\u201d proving their ability to make anything their own. But that\u2019s not all they do. Rounding out the album, \u201cFire Next Time\u201d is the simple, yet lyrically dense track that brings listeners back to the basics \u2013 a guy with a guitar and a slide. \u00a0Dead Trains are slated to release <em>County Road Bound<\/em> in February 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Dead Trains are now playing on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?page_id=8999\">TMN Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hailing from Boston, Dead Trains create a unique hybrid of old country blues and punk rock. 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