From the Suburban Home Records folks:



The Takers "Taker Easy" [mp3]

We are so fucking excited to be putting out the debut album for the Takers and we can't wait for you to hear the title track from the album. The song, "Taker Easy" might be my favorite song from the album, although there are about 3 or 4 songs that take that distinction depending on the day. The song gives you a pretty good taste of what to expect and for me, the album reminds me of the Country and Western my dad played for me in his pickup truck. He would actually be rolling over in his grave if he knew we worked with bands like the Takers. As a kid, I had no love for the genre, but it is funny how your life takes you down a lot of different paths and at the end, you find yourself loving the music you once hated.

I said it before, I'll say it again. The Takers are Suburban Home's Outlaw Country band. They should be sent back in time to share the stage with, Johnny, and Waylon, but lucky for us, they are a band now. I love this band, I love this record, and I hope you might consider taking a listen. If you like what you hear, please consider downloading the track and sharing it with others. Put it on a mix tape, send the link to friends, post it on your blog. And while you are at it, make sure you pre-order their upcoming album (and while you are there, don't forget their Curse of a Drunk 7" and their split with Austin Lucas).

The Takers releases for sale in the Vinyl Collective/Suburban Home store

We are working on a huge contest with Punknews and are hoping to give away a bottle of whiskey to one lucky Punknews reader. Stay tuned for that (still trying to work out the logistics).

Update from Suburban Home Records; Note that in addition to our album pre-order, Suburban Home is also taking pre-orders for our split 7" with Austin Lucas. Also, suburban home just posted pre-orders for the Jon Snodgrass/Cory Branan split and the Wayword Sons(William Elliott Whitmore)/Sam Lowry split 7":



THE TAKERS "Taker Easy" LP beer colored vinyl
THE TAKERS "Taker Easy" CD
THE TAKERS “Taker Easy” DELUXE SET (LP,CD,T-shirt,Cozie,Shot Glass,Poster,Button)

The Takers might be the most Country of all of our bands (whatever that means), but don't let that designation scare you. Devon from the Takers writes great songs and when it all comes down to it, that should be all that matters. Their sound is straight out of the 70's Outlaw Country scene that Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Hank Williams Jr all helped forge. And if you really think about it, there are not a lot of bands doing this now. If you have the misguided notion to tune into commercial Country pretty much all you get is cheesy pop music. The Takers sound is influnced by the legends of Honky Tonk and the Outlaw Movement with lyrics inspired by the struggles of life and the curse of the bottle. Recorded at Crescendo Sound studios by Derron Nuhfer and Addison Burns, the ablum sounds like it was recorded 30 years ago. The album will become the soundtrack for your summer as it will provide the perfect theme music for late drunken nights and the long mornings after. We recommend you drink PBR and Jack Daniels when listening to this album.

The pressing info for the first pressing is 500 on Beer Colored Vinyl. Note that unlike a lot of our Deluxe sets, this set will come with a Shot Glass instead of  Pint Glass.

Update from Suburban Home Records; Note that in addition to this split 7" pre-order, Suburban Home is also taking pre-orders for our debut album (will post that shortly). Also, suburban home just posted pre-orders for the Jon Snodgrass/Cory Branan split and the Wayword Sons(William Elliott Whitmore)/Sam Lowry split 7":



AUSTIN LUCAS/ THE TAKERS split 7" frosty blue vinyl

I absolutely love where we are at with the label these days. We have what I consider to be some of the greatest new voices in Americana and our artists not only tour together, but in the case of the Austin Lucas with the Takers 7", they also record together. Soon after Austin finished recording his modern day masterpiece, "Somebody Loves You", he flew down to Florida to see family, play a few shows, and hang out with friends. During these days, he hooked up with Suburban Home's newest band, the Takers, to record 4 songs at Crescendo Studios (the same session Austin recorded his Under the Influence track, "To Daddy"). The Takers, for those of you who don't know, are Suburban Home's Outlaw Country band. The Takers call Gainesville, Florida home, have members of Whiskey and Co, and after having put out an incredible debut 7", have recently finished recording their debut album for us. The 4 song 7" finds Austin performing on the Takers' tracks and the Takers performing on Austin's tracks and the session might fool you into thinking that the guys have been playing together for years. There are 2 covers and 2 originals.

We're recording a couple songs right now. Two are original, one we wrote and one Austin wrote. The other is a cover that we'll let you hear when we're done. We're pretty happy with how it's going so far, so be on the look out. Miss you, love you. Live it.
-The Takers

p.s. If you haven't already, check out Austin's stuff, you won't be disappointed.
www.myspace.com/austinlucas1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l0ufkHleaA

I guess we're alternative.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAFO6N506aQ

Our 7" is now available. The A-side is Curse of a Drunk and the B-side is our version of Neil Young's Powderfinger. Suburban Home Records was kind enough to set this up for us. Looks like they might be putting out our full-length as well. It's busy here in Gainesville right now for us. If you're not too busy, swing by and pick up the record, we're pretty sure you'll dig it.

-The Takers

Be awesome, get some music

We're pleased to announce that we just got done recording the b-side for our single coming out soon on Suburban Home Records. We're pretty excited about it all. Virgil at SHR has been very gracious to us, thanks bud. Special thanks also to our buddies, Derron and Addison, at Crescendo Sound Studio for making the recording happen. Not sure when it will be released, hopefully before The Fest, so keep your ears open. Come out and see us for a preview. Live it.
-The Takers