05/19/2025
You'll be hard pressed to find a harder working band than The Damn Shames. For the past few years they've been writing, recording and performing a collection of songs that are finally being presented as a full body of work on an upcoming album set to release the day before their next performance here. ✨
Trailers on Bricks is the musical equivalent of a dusty backroad drive a little over the speed limit. It's reckless in the right ways, steady where it counts, and never short on soul. Blending the golden-era warmth of '90s and 2000s country with the edge of indie Southern rock, equal parts of grit and heart. 🔥
It’s a sound that’s all their own, yet warmly familiar, with Eagles-style harmonies, Tom Petty guitar tones, all while borrowing a lyrical roadmap sketched out by frontman Clayton Crowder. The album’s instrumentation feels kindred to modern torchbearers like Blackberry Smoke and Red Clay Strays. Their sonic fingerprint is distinct, grounded in strong songwriting and an obvious love for the roots they’re expanding upon. 💫
High-octane cuts like “Shot in the Dark” and “Another Spoke in the Wheel” roll in hot with swagger and bite, “Don’t Tell Me (If It’s Over)” and “Midnight Radio” deliver ballads with heartfelt lyrics that take you back in time. With a debut album like this one, one thing is for sure...
The Damn Shames aren’t just along for the ride—they’re behind the wheel. ⚡️
Preorder a vinyl pressing of Trailers on Bricks at the link in the comments! 👇🎶
