Houndmouth new album dropped today (check it out)

This year is off to a damn good start

I liked honey slider the most a couple weeks ago off npr when it was streaming but now on spotify I have gave a few listens and it's legit IMO

It's good. Between Houndmouth, Bingham, James McMurtry and new Joe Pug this year going awesome for my tastes

anyone else check this band out?

I saw them last fall here in Birmingham, and they rock live. I have had their last album for a year or two and have given it a lot of spins. I am really digging their new album. I will probably end up liking it better than the last. I need to buy the vinyl.

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I get to see them at hangout which is how I found out about this band actually as well as strand of oaks and the districts

I actually been listening to it since it came out

Otis at the end is pretty cool when it changes tempo

Saw them Thursday between Sons of Bill and Bingham. My favorite set of the day and some Norwegian SXer bought me a copy of the album. I can't stop listening. I absolutely love their sound.

What kind of music is it?

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I thought I'd like this band but I'm not so sure. They sound like a carbon copy of any of the other new age folk bands (Head and the Heart, Of Monsters and Men, Edward Sharpe, Civil Wars, etc), who are also carbon copies of each other. It's just become so boring.

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Dude there is a lot of copying out there, but the only ones they sound remotely like to me are uptempo THATH and occasionally Edward Sharpe (but definitely not as weird/druggy).

None the the 4 you listed are similar at all. THATH is a mix of uptempo indie pop and folk, Of Monsters and Men is soaring Icelandic something that sounds much different than any other band, Edward Sharpe is pretty unique, and Civil Wars is legitimately acoustic and boring.

Lone Bellow is a carbon copy of Civil Wars. But even then, it's a guy and girl playing low key acoustic music together. That's simple, but it may not be a rip off. Indie folk is a pretty simple genre and in that way I can see why some people may get tired of it. But in your view it'd be like saying Joe Pug is copying Ryan Adams because they're both singer-songwriters.

But, I mostly tire of bands that are quite unique (but result in a unique sound that is carried through every song and album). Mumford, for example.