Description
Although their earlier efforts found them extolling a kind of swampy, roots-relevant approach, their last album, Redemption & Ruin, was a collection of covers, making this effort their first album of original material since 2013’s I’m a Stranger Here. Usually regarded as a bluegrass band and granted bluegrass is all about energy and enthusiasm, in that sense, Chains Are Broken is an album imbued with solid hooks, catchy choruses and irresistible refrains. Singer Pete Bernhard describes it as a set of songs imbued with a more personal perspective reflecting the challenges faced in the struggle for survival.
