They are the type of tunes that you can hear the hardwood creak beneath the rocking chair. You taste the smoke from burning tobacco, feel the warmth of that Kentucky elixir spilling against your throat. Every note, a boot stomp in time to the lick of the banjo, heart bouncing with the tug of bass. The dust and dirt jumping from the floorboards to the kick of the drum - all, crashing into a chaotic symphony of folk mastery. Needless to say, Buffalo Wabs & The Price Hill Hustle don’t create the emotion - they are the emotion.

Their self-titled, 11-track collection hits the world today and offers an introspective look into the band’s growth and creativity, celebrating the Cincinnati-rooted group’s plunge into the music scene. A local cult-following quickly blossomed into a well-renowned act that began torching stages behind a collision of gospel, country, bluegrass and traditional American music that has given Wabs’ its own unique sonic aura.

The album leaps right into the front-porch tempo with “Vagabond’s Lament.” Casey Campbell (drums/percussion, vocals) recalling those finer times found in the foothills of Kentucky to the Georgia peach groves, twisted-up in lyrics that are witty and on-par with Wabs’ knack of storytelling.

I miss you West Virginia, I miss your biscuits on my plate

Yeah, the Carousel and your mountain bells can make a young man break

May your guardian angel always see you through

By God, West Virginia will come again real soon

“Traveling Saint” is a testament to the hate that has been infecting so many small towns across the US - much of which is stirred in the embers of judgment and ridicule at another’s expense. The piece, somehow, is a stark contrast between message/music. Yes, Wabs maintains the old-timey, feel-good hue, however, the haunting contrast of the song’s characters and their experiences creates a compelling listening experience.

Oh, spoiler alert: If you were thinking to yourself, “Hey, I need Buffalo Wabs & The Price Hill Hustle to cover Electric Light Orchestra’s ‘Showdown,’” you will not be disappointed. Promise.

Produced and engineered by Alex Lusht at Mind Ignition Studios in Cincy, Buffalo Wabs and The Price Hill Hustle consists of Campbell, Bill Baldock (bass, guitar, vocals, banjo), Scott Risner (mandolin, vocals, banjo), and Matt Wabnitz (guitar, vocals). You can find the band currently touring in support of the latest offering - and you would be a fool in considering skipping their live show, which is a lovely collection of clean pickin’, chain bangin’ and sweat-flingin’ good music. The band has a stage connection that is felt throughout the audience and will leave your ears calling for seconds.

Look to Buffalo Wabs & The Price Hill Hustle to stuff your cornucopia this harvest season - Good music is hard to find.

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