What does a band from Maine sound like? When you hear that a band plays “Southern Rock” you have a good idea what you’re going to get. Many artists from Texas and Oklahoma share musical qualities. Some cities have a “sound” that makes them unique such as New Orleans, Memphis, or Seattle. But Maine? The Mallett Brothers Band is from Maine and it turns out what they play is some damn fine rock n’ roll.

Gold Light is the band’s eighth studio album since they formed in 2009. All ten tracks on the self-produced record were written by Luke and Will Mallett. As for what fans can expect, singer/guitarist Luke says “We ended up picking out the songs for this record based on a rough outline of the Hero’s Journey, applied generally to the creative life, the rock and roll life or however you want to think about it. Reflecting that, there is definitely a lot of turmoil on this record, but overall it’s pretty optimistic. We’ve all needed all the joy we can get over the past year, and there’s a lot of it on here.”