Muscadine Bloodline The Coastal Plain (CD)

(Stancaster Music) 14 tracks, digisleeve

For nearly a decade, Muscadine Bloodline have delivered a soulful and powerful form of country music indelibly marked by their Alabama heritage. For their latest work, however, the Mobile-born duo has dug deeper into their roots than ever before, writing a set of songs inspired by the places they know best: the blue-collar melting pot of their coastal hometown, the bustling Cajun fishing villages and the abandoned woodlands, the untamed and idyllic areas where they frolicked as children. In an exciting evolution of past hits like the platinum-selling “Porch Swing Angel,” vocalist Charlie Muncaster and singer/guitarist Gary Stanton fuse storytelling with a hard-hitting sound that transforms Alabama's musical traditions into a sonic dialect all their own. Equal parts lived history and elaborate mythology, The Coastal Plain ultimately marks Muscadine Bloodline's boldest and most unique work to date.