Country Music Dead (www.newtransitmusic.com)

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1.	Let It Go 04:00	buy track
2.	Lonely Light 02:18	buy track
3.	Waking Up With Me 04:02	buy track
4.	Hallelujah 04:21	buy track
5.	Carousel 04:29	buy track
6.	Worlds Collide 06:41	buy track
7.	On The Edge (Everybody's Got High Hopes) 03:48	buy track
8.	Flooding Down The Asphalt 03:40	buy track
9.	Summerset Way 03:04	buy track

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New Transit, “Country Music Dead,” ***

New Transit’s exceptional 2011 debut album, “One,” introduced Boise to a warm, rocking, alt-country groove. Vocal harmonies from singer-guitarist Sean Hatton and bassist Adam Gates glided through the group’s Americana instrumentation like a spring breeze. Pedal and lap steel from Dave Manion prevented New Transit’s grittier guitar moments from ever escaping the pasture entirely. Drummer Louis McFarland seemed to close his eyes and gently power tunes over the horizon.

Going through a transitional stage on its sophomore album, there’s enough new for New Transit to keep the ride fresh and exciting. The proven formula hasn’t changed — even if the band’s personnel has. Guitarist and singer Todd Sloan of defunct alt-rock trio Low-fi joined after the recording process had begun, but you can’t help imagining that Sloan’s creative influence crept into an arrangement or two. Low-fi was never afraid of quiet drama giving way to instrumental crescendos, and “Worlds Collide” — a successful but not entirely congruent track — clocks in at nearly 7 minutes. Either way, it’s hard to fault New Transit for swinging for the barbed-wire fence occasionally.

Elsewhere, Hatton crafts melodic, more-straightforward gems. Augmented by bandmates’ harmonies (and guest singer Catherine Merrick of a.k.a. Belle on the sweet “Waking Up with Me”), his twang-tinged voice was born for this dirt-road rock — soft and wise, as if whittled from old barnwood. Yet everything still makes perfect sense when New Transit blasts into “Carousel” — guitars feeding back before creating an upbeat anthem that evokes late ’80s/early ’90s Soul Asylum and Paul Westerberg.

“Everybody’s got time ticking” Hatton repeats on the slow, elegant song “On the Edge.” These musicians are making good use of theirs.

- Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, Oct. 9, 2013

credits

released October 11, 2013

All songs written by Sean Hatton, except "Summerset Way" written by Jon Liszak

Sean Hatton: Vocals, Guitars
Louis McFarland: Drums, Percussion, Vocals
Dave Manion: Pedal Steel, Lap Steel, Guitars, Dobro
Adam Gates: Bass, Vocals
Jeremy Coverdale: Bass on "On The Edge (Everybody's Got High Hopes)"

SPECIAL GUESTS:

Steve Fulton: Wurlitzer, Organ, Piano, Guitars, Vocals, Bass on "Carousel"
Catherine Merrick: Vocals on "Waking Up With Me"
Sam Merrick: 12-string guitar on "Carousel"

Recorded at Audio Lab - Boise, ID
Mixed by Steve Fulton and Sean Hatton
Mastered by Pat Storey
Produced by Steve Fulton & Sean Hatton
Engineered by Steve Fulton

Artwork by Kyler Martz

Special thanks to our guests who lent their amazing talents within: Adam Gates. Jeremy Coverdale, Catherine & Sam Merrick, Jon Liszak

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New Transit Boise, Idaho

With layers of harmonies & smooth guitar playing, New Transit's vibe transports you into those summer music festival days. Quintessentially Americana, not just in sound but in skill, their boundless energy & spirit definitely puts them at the top of the list of super groups in Idaho.

Sean Hatton: guitar / vox

Louis McFarland: drums / vox

Thomas Paul: guitar / vox

Bernie Reilly: bass / vox ... more

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