As Featured in the ATLocal blog on 99x.com:
If you’ve been listening to 99X the past few years, you’re probably familiar with Manchester Orchestra. Or, perhaps you ventured out to Unplugged in the Park this year to see Connor Christian& The Southern Gothic. If you dig either of these bands, check out one of their former opening acts (and Atlanta favorite): Faithless Town.
Faithless Town sounds like if Roy Orbison, Ryan Adams, Bruce Springsteen, and old Kings of Leon had a bastard child and nobody knows who the father is. The lead singer, Gene Owens, has a vintage quality to his voice that makes their songs sound like 1960s throwbacks dressed up in Wayfarers and skinny jeans. I’ve been listening to the preview of their new EP “When We Were Lions” and it takes me back to when Manchester Orchestra actually still lived in Atlanta. The EP drops on November 24th and Faithless Town will be playing a release show at the Earl. Even if you don’t buy the album, the show would be worth seeing.
