The Currys - Follow (Self-Released)

Charlottesville-via-Florida band The Currys’ have been making waves with their own brand of contemporary folk, and they are finally releasing their debut album, Follow after playing the 60th Florida Folk Festival with Billy Dean and touring the Irish countryside. Follow perfectly encapsulates this band’s pitch perfect blend of rich harmonies and deep emotions. Nowhere is this more evident than on the album’s eponymously titled “Follow,” a stirring minute and a half a capella performance perfectly and beautifully performed by the band.

The band’s folk leanings lends itself to the current trend today, but instead of large anthems in the guise of folk, The Currys truly play gentle, meandering folk that occasionally builds itself to anthem-like qualities. Instrumentally, they take influence from groups like Crosby Stills & Nash and the Grateful Dead, but more importantly, The Currys’ rich harmonies are also influenced by the same bands. Obviously, it’s almost impossible to match the vocal prowess of these legendary groups, but The Currys certainly come close. The difference is the harmonies are of CS&N, but their music is inherently modern while still giving a loving tip of the hat to the vocal groups of the 60s.

Some of the album’s greatest moments is precisely that: the small moments that add character and depth to the overall product including the aforementioned “Follow” and the just as short “How a Man’s Supposed to Die,” a song as sparse and haunting as it is beautiful and moving. It’s these songs that make the roaring chant “Nothing Good” all the more fun. Follow truly is a full-album experience, well-rounded, and wholly enjoyable from start to finish, with moments to make you laugh, moments to make you cry, and moments to make you let loose. Follow will be self-released by the band on April 29th, and I highly recommend checking it out.