The Surreal McCoys on Sirius XM "Road Dog" 1/20 and Shoreleave Showdown with Supersuckers, X on 2/6

Clint, Cletus, Billy Saul, Elvis, & Goatboy McCoy

A gritty band of hardcore troubadours who worship at the moonlit crossroads of Americana and punk rock. Elmore Magazine Premiers New Animated Video This Week, Sirius XM RoadDog Channel live appearance on Wed Jan 20, Shore Leave Showdown Festival February 6th with Supersuckers and X

Their new album, The Howl & The Growl, was released at AmericanaFest in September by DC-based label, Across the Aisle Music. It was recorded and produced by veteran alt-country rock legend, Eric Ambel (Del Lords, Bottle Rockets, Steve Earle) and features a muscular vintage sound, straight out of 1974 Muscle Shoals.
 
The album’s first single, “Whole Lotta Folsom,” a mash-up of Johnny Cash and Led Zeppelin, received heavy airplay on Sirius XM’s Outlaw Country station, vaulted the LP onto the Americana charts (peaking at #48 on the Alternate Root chart) and garnered airplay on nearly 100 radio stations and Internet outlets worldwide.  The videos for the album boast over 45,000 views and counting.  An animated version of the “Whole Lotta Folsom” video is being premiered by Elmore Magazine this week. The band’s frontman, Cletus McCoy, and the LP’s producer, Eric Ambel, will be interviewed by Sirius XM’s Meredith Ochs on the Freewheelin’ show on Road Dog (Ch. 146) at 12:30pm EST on Wednesday, January 20th.

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PRAISE FOR THE HOWL & THE GROWL:
 
“I’m playing the shit out of this record…it’s like Johnny Cash and Zeppelin were out on tour in 1972 and recorded this in a Memphis hotel room.”—Mojo Nixon, Outlaw Country, SiriusXM
 
“The Surreal McCoys successfully put Hank Williams into the garage, and stick the Replacements on stage at a honky tonk.” –Alternate Root Magazine


“The Howl & They Growl has my favorite song on it right now, something that I’ve been attached to since the very first time I heard it… It’s called ‘Whole Lotta Folsom.’” --Alamo Jones, Outlaw Country, SiriusXM
 
“Produced by Brooklyn vet, Eric Ambel, the past meets then present nicely as their "Johnny Clash" sound brings young tastes into the Americana tent who normally would look as Buddy Miller as their grandpa. As roots meets unrest, it all comes together with the proper energy that makes this disc and crew forces to be reckoned with. Check it out.”—Midwest Record
 
Perhaps no band has done a purer mix of punk and Americana than The Surreal McCoys. “Blonde-Sided” is the kind of honky-tonk rocker most of the current Nashville posers wish they could pull off… the title track has a rhythmic power that could make a 747 go supersonic. —Music Morsels
 
“Produced by Eric Ambel, The Howl & The Growl offers up straight-ahead, high-energy rock and country.”—Sun 209 Americana Music News 
 
Video of the Day- “Turn and Run” by the Surreal McCoys—“Very cool Cowpunk…”--50Thirdand3rd Music Blog
 
“Who are the Surreal McCoys? Your new favorite cowpunk band.”--LA Weekly
 
More info:  http://thesurrealmccoys.com/
Photo Courtesy: KG Press