Greazy Alice

Alex Pianovich and his country-blues band from New Orleans are hotly tipped act.

Here is an overview on this this exciting act from Declan Culliton at Lonesome Highway

"In advance of their debut album, this four-track EP serves as an introduction to Greazy Alice, featuring New Orleans' Alex Pianovich, backing vocalist Jo Morris, and, for these recordings, Will Repholz on bass and Austen Hellman on drums.

Difficult to categorise - think somewhere between Mark Lanegan/Isobel Campbell, and Lee Hazlewood/Nancy Sinatra - the band took its name from a working girl characterised in Terry Allen's 1975 album, JUAREZ.

The title track, which opens with atmospheric spoken word by Pianovich before he is joined in full voice by the silver-voiced Morris, was inspired by a scene from the movie Casablanca. Woozy and spellbinding, the seven-and-a-half-minute-long Flag Day is a slow-burning gem that recalls the lo-fi panache of David Berman and Bill Callahan.

With a playful sensibility running through it and in complete contrast, Stop Asking Why is a countryfied delight and the fourth inclusion, Departures, is an acoustic, prayer-like affair.

With an eagle eye for unearthing left-of-centre talent, Loose discovered the band on a talent-finding mission to New Orleans a few years ago. This medley of songs is more than enough to whet the appetite for what is to come down the road from Greazy Alice. Well worth your attention."