The Dead South

The Dead South grow more adventurous and assured with each new album. For their fourth full-length record, they brought producer Jimmy Nutt to Mexico City, where they recorded 13 songs full of plot twists, family trees, grudges, insurance scams, bacon, burials, banjo riffs and more. The Dead South flawlessly execute banjo rolls and lightning fast mandolin tremolos, 3-part harmonies and songs of classic themes -murder ballads, disloyalty, ghosts and the like, with a wink and a smile. Where Bluegrass meets Bach meets Billy Talent, for fans of Frank Sinatra and Tool alike, you’ll find The Dead South’s Chains & Stakes. Chains & Stakes is truly a “Dead South” collection in the balance of darkness and levity that has come to define their unmistakable style.

1. Blood on the Mind
2. 20 Mile Jump
3. Yours to Keep
4. A Little Devil
5. Where Has the Time Gone
6. Clemency
7. Son of Ambrose
8. A Place I Hardly Know
9. Completely, Sweetly
10. Yore
11. Tiny Wooden Box
12. The Cured Contessa
13. Father John