An alt-country/rock band based in Arrowtown, Killergrams is singer-songwriter Tom Maxwell, singer and bassist Sam Maxwell, as well as Nick Lynch on piano and Reuben Pearce on drums.
More a reintroduction than a release, Midnight Hours has an interesting backstory. A change in distribution companies saw the original album, their 2019 debut, taken off streaming platforms last year, so the band decided to re-release it with an additional 10 recordings. The result is two 10-song discs, one focussed on folk/alt-country ballads and one on gothic blues and classic rock.
This is all brilliant news, because these are songs that deserve to be out there. Tom is a great storyteller, and his skills are on full display here, especially when it comes to heartbreak and drinking and shit going wrong – all things best enjoyed to a backdrop of slide guitar. “Tonight I could be sleeping alone,” he sings on ‘My Indecision’, an ode to self-sabotage of the romantic kind. We’ve all been there, Tom.
Midnight Hour is back on the usual platforms, or head on over to Bandcamp where you can buy the album for a song.
Laura Williamson
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