The Weight

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Genre: Alt Country
Hometown: Athens

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Possibly named after The Band's 1967 hit, the Weight is an Americana band still burning the alt country torch. Singer Joseph Plunket's is the baritone- voiced visionary who invites a revolving door of musicians to record and tour with his band. Leaning more toward a My Morning Jacket style of country rock than straightforward honky-tonk derivation, this Atlanta, GA project specializes in dark and looming twang that would fit snugly nestled inside Neil Young's "doom trilogy", with a haggard but romantic desperation last heard on Young's Tonight's The Night. On their debut album, Amy Dykes from Athens' I Am the World Trade Center, cameos on some of the most amazing high lonesome harmonies since Emmylou Harris' Duets collection.

- Eric Shea

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		Had It Made (2:36)
		Like Me Better (3:49)
		Talkin' (4:42)
		Ships (4:14)
		Johnny's Song (4:29)
		Streets Look Empty (8:10)
		Stay Out (4:41)
		Hillbilly Highway (3:24)
		Three Sixteen (5:36)
		Personal Slump (4:08)
		Dragged Back In (4:57)
		Sanchez! (4:41)
		St. Paul (3:30)
		Hate Myself (5:10)
		Ohio (4:15)
		Evergreen (5:25)
		Man Alone (1:51)
		Closer Than A Friend (3:54)
		Sunday Driver (7:03)
		Ten Mile Grace (4:40)