Jack Harlon And The Dead Crows - Hail To The Underground (CD)

Jack Harlon &The Dead Crows:  Melbourne, Australia.

Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows is a Fuzz/Psych/Doom/Blues project focusing on the exploits of a drug-addicted outlaw in the west.

As Australia began a series of flash pandemic lockdowns in early 2021, Melbourne psychedelic fuzz rock band Jack Harlon & the Dead Crows’ prolific front man Tim Coutts-Smith began experimenting with home recording some of his favorite old songs.  This rabbit-hole exploration eventually led him to bring the fans in on the project, with a social media post inviting their suggestions of old underground songs they'd like to hear “Harlon-ified."

The result is Hail to the Underground, a collection of Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows renditions selected for their musical importance and personal meaning, with the general throughline being that few of the original artists are household names.  Filtered heavily through the spaced-out psychedelia of Jack Harlon's inimitable style, this fuzz-drenched, genre-crossing love letter includes songs by under the radar icons like Bauhaus, God, Butthole Surfers, Joy Division, The Melvins, and more.