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Hellcats Release The Hex and the Healer; Live Dates Announced

Posted in Whathaveyou on January 25th, 2019 by JJ Koczan

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The debut full-length, such as it is, from South African two-piece Hellcats runs a brisk 22 minutes. 22 minutes and eight songs. I’m not going to argue for it not being an album, because really what’s the point, but that’s pretty short LP. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a 22-minute cardio workout of uptempo riffs and sharp production value. They’ll do a vinyl release later, but the album is out as of today digitally, and they’ve got live dates booked including a couple of boozy sounding festivals the dates for which you can see below. These guys kind of straddle the line of commerciality, but if only for the shock value of a LP under 25 minutes, I was curious enough to check it out and thought you might be as well.

From the PR wire:

Hellcats The Hex and the Healer

Hellcats Unleash Debut Full-Length Album “The Hex and The Healer”

The Hex and The Healer is the debut full length album from Hellcats. 8 tracks. 22 minutes of hard, fast, emotional, riff-heavy, drum-heavy, vocal range-defying, ear worm, bare knuckle rock ‘n’ roll.

The Hex and The Healer is a light and dark narrative of heart break and coming out of that heartbreak. So ‘The Hex’ concept is this spell casting lover and heartbreaker. And then weaving in and out of the songs throughout the album is a theme of breaking free of that spell and finding something new – ‘The Healer’.

That thematic runs through every aspect of the album, from the music, the lyrics and even the artwork. Hellcats set out to make their biggest sounding album yet alongside Audio Militia producers Craig Hawkins, Nick Argyros, and Paul Norwood, who worked super hard to stay true to the two-piece band format. Still just drums and guitar, but they aimed to make the band sound as big as they do on stage, leaving the listener floored after that 22 minutes, like being hit by a rock ‘n’ roll punch to the gut.

Track Listing:
1. The Hex
2. Vuil Goed
3. Moonlight
4. Time
5. The Healer
6. Leaving with a Hole
7. Something Wicked This Way Comes
8. Wish You Were Dead

Hellcats live:
8 Feb – Up the Creek Jägermeister presents Up the Creek 2019
9 Feb – Saggy Stone Beer Festival Saggy Stone Beer & Music Festival 2019
22 Feb – Mercury Live w/ Shadowclub A Club Called Hell (Cape Town)
23 Feb – Aandklas w/ Shadowclub A Club Called Hell (Stellenbosch)
1 March – Pretoria w/ Black Cat Bones & Shadowclub Shadowcats FT Shadowclub, The Black Cat Bones, Hellcats
16 March – The Cure JHB The Cure Live in JHB | Rock on the Lawns 2019
21 March – The Cure CPT The Cure Live in CT | Rock on the Lawns 2019
28 March – JHB album launch & Online march store launch (vinyl, USBs, badges & tees) TBA

Line Up:
Drums & Vocals: Alessandro Benigno
Guitar: Warwick Rautenbach

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