Denney & The Jets :: S/T EP

Nashville's Denney & The Jets—the group behind one of our all-time favorite intoxicted sing-alongs, "Pain Pills"—are releasing a new batch of songs on August 21st via Miami-based imprint Limited Fanfare Records. Since it's inception, Chris Denney's country-and-beer-soaked rock band has included everyone in the East Nashville scene from JEFF The Brotherhood's Orrall brothers to Daniel Pujuol and Natural Child's Wes Traylor. Now with a solidified lineup featuring Sean Cotton, Joe Scala, Evan Scala, and Ric Alessio, Denney and company are dishing out The Jets' most polished material to date. Denney—who recently released covers by the likes of Chuck Berry and George Jones—takes his cues from early rock 'n' roll pioneers and classic country storytellers on this 5-track EP to create a warm whiskey shot of classic, unbridled, and pretension-free rock music. Like the old beat up jukebox in your favorite neighborhood dive, you don't play The Jets for the superior sound quality, you throw in your change for the song selection and the attitude: a warm crackling fit of fuzz, heartache, and destruction.

Stream: Denney & The Jets - S/T EP


Bonus jams:
Denney & The Jets feat. Jessi Darlin - "Come On" (Chuck Berry)
Denney & The Jets - "Just One More" (George Jones)

Denney & The Jets feat. Jessi Darlin - "Come On"

Nashville's Denney & The Jets are following up last year's Killin' Machine 7" with a four-track EP, which they recently finished recording over at local analog studio, Bomb Shelter. Additionally, Denney and company have been cutting a few tracks in Natural Child's home studio in East Nashville, the latest result of which is a cover of the classic Chuck Berry duet, "Come On." Jessi Darlin of Those Darlins assists on vocals.

Denney & The Jets feat. Jessi Darlin - "Come On"

Denney & The Jets :: The Devils Harvest

What's so endearing about a grown man singing about his love for recreational drug use? Maybe it's the twang and nonchalant demeanor of frontman Chris Denney. Or the fact that he rhymes "cocaine" with "same." Or maybe it's that his band is named after the Elton John song "Bennie and the Jets." All I know is that "Pain Pills"—a three chord wonder of a song—has been on repeat in my apartment since discovering the track on Infinity Cat's spring sampler back in February. The Nashville label—run by JEFF The Brotherhood's Jake and Jamin Orrall—put out Denney's album The Devils Harvest as a cassette-only release in 2010. Whether channeling Gram Parsons or singing about George Jones, Denney's lo-fi six-song set of country, blues, and punk music proves this casual and rebellious voice to be one worth keeping a sharp eye on.

Buy the cassette from Inifty Cat.

Denney and The Jets - "Pain Pills" (from Devils Harvest)
Denney and The Jets - "Doctor Can't Take These Blues Away" (from Devils Harvest)