The L.A. underground Rock legend’s 7th studio album
“It’s The Hangmen he wanted to kill… we got run out of Cactusville,” laments Bryan Small on the album’s title track of The Hangmen’s seventh album. Flanked by longtime members Jimmy James (guitar), Angelique Congleton (bass) and newcomer Jorge Disguster (drums), Small recollects the harrowing tale of a gig in Tuscon promoting their major label debut. “It was such a formative trip for us as a young band. There was death, drugs, booze, guns, girls and rock n’ roll… and we met some new friends along the way.”
2019 marks the release of Cactusville and another chapter of The Hangmen legend continues. Small has taken his brand of songwriting to another level, putting him in an artistic class with the likes of Tom Petty and Neil Young as purveyors of honest and simple songwriting.
Side 2 of the LP features the Best Western Players, Bryan Small’s countrified side project. In the same vein as Neil Young’s “American Stars and Bars,” the songs take on a different feel, with vocal harmonies and haunting pedal steel echoing throughout. It’s familiar territory for Small, who grew up in rural Montana before making his way to Los Angeles. “The ‘country’ side of The Hangmen has been there from the start, it stems from the love of Gun Club, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, etc.,” explains Small, “the Best Western Players were brought in to realize the songs as they were conceived.”
The Hangmen will join Acetate Records label mates the Supersuckers on a rare East Coast US tour in September. Additional dates TBA.
THE HANGMEN w/ Supersuckers (unless otherwise denoted *)
- 08/23 Los Angeles, CA @ Redwood Bar Record Release Party *
- 09/02 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
- 09/04 Greenville, SC @ Radio Room
- 09/05 Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
- 09/06 Wilmington, NC @ Reggie’s 42nd St. Tavern
- 09/07 Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle
- 09/08 Nashville, TN @ Little Harpeth Brewing
- 09/10 Richmond, VA @ The Camel
- 09/11 Washington DC @ City Winery
- 09/12 Harrisburg, PA @ 10th St. Stage
- 09/14 Harrisonburg, VA @ The Golden Pony
- 09/15 Pittsburgh, PA @ Hard Rock Cafe
- 09/16 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
- 09/18 Portland, ME @ Geno’s Rock Club
- 09/19 Hampton Beach, NH @ Wally’s
- 09/20 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East
- 09/21 Amityville, NY @ Amityville Music Hall
- 09/22 Brooklyn, NY @ El Cortez
Cactusville Pre-sale – Here
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