The Georgia Thunderbolts // Rise Above It All // Album Review

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If Southern Rock, Blues, Country and Americana is your thing then The Georgia Thunderbolts will be for you, the boys return with their highly anticipated sophomore album ‘Rise Above It All’ on August 23rd courtesy of Mascot Records.

The band is regarded as one of the torchbearers of modern-day southern rock, along with the likes of Black Stone Cherry, Blackberry Smoke, Otis, Robert Jon and The Wreck and the likes they’re flying that flag loud and proud. The Rome, Georgia natives have done it all to get where they are and the miles on the road can be felt through the gutsy, gritty vibe on their latest recording.

Frontman TJ Lyle has the soul-wrenching vocal quality you need to deliver these angsty rock classics, a collection of dark emotive songs that pull at you and capture the imagination from the off. Gnarly guitar solos cut through the mix like the beauty on ‘Rock and Roll Record’ you cant help but be stopped in your tracks by its sheer power and delivery.

The albums title track is a real banger, the wall of distortion will crash down on you with this one driving home the bands gnarly side with full force, they’re full of southern charm to and ‘Moonlight Play’ showcases that in spades and will have you singing along in no time. ‘Crawling My Way Back To You’ is right up my street, glorious songwriting that shows TJ’s vocal range beautifully, but before you know it and they have lured you into a false sense of security they are blowing the doors off with ‘She’s Gonna Get It’, no rest for the wicked here!

‘Rise Above It All’ is an album steeped in real quality, it shows the evolution of a band on the rise, I have no doubt that their latest offering will propel them further into the Southern Rock stratosphere and beyond!

If you need a new favourite Southern Rock soundtrack to see you through the rest of 2024 look no further, The Georgia Thunderbolts are here to deliver.

‘Rise Above It All’ lands this coming Friday, August 23rd courtesy of Mascot Records.

Pre-order/save ‘Rise Above It All’ Here

 

 

Track listing
1. Gonna Shine
2. Rock and Roll Record
3.  Rise Above It All
4. Moonlight Play
5. Ain’t Got No Money
6. Wait
7. Crawling My Way Back To You
8. She’s Gonna Get It
9. Little Jim
10. It Ain’t Easy
11. Stand Up
12. Whiskey Talkin’
13. Pricetag

 

For more information on The Georgia Thunderbolts, their tour dates, and updates on the upcoming album, visit georgiathunderbolts.com.

The Georgia Thunderbolts are:
Riley Couzzourt [guitar]
Zach Everett [bass, classical guitar, harmony vocals]
TJ Lyle [vocals, harmonica, keyboards]
Bristol Perry [drums]
Logan Tolbert [guitar]

The Georgia Thunderbolts – Tour Dates
Saturday, April 27th – Bird’s Nest Listening Room – Dunn, NC
Saturday, May 25th – Coalfest 2024 – Brilliant, AL
Saturday, June 1st – The Grove – Glasgow, KY
Friday, June 28th – Summer Concert Series – Denison, TX
Friday, July 5th – First Friday’s – Rome, GA
Friday, July 26th – Georgia Mountain Moonshine Cruiz-in – Dalton, GA#
Saturday, August 10th – Ace Frehley and Foghat – Beaver Dam, KY*

*with Ace Frehley and Foghat
#with The Kentucky Headhunters

The Georgia Thunderbolts Online
https://www.georgiathunderbolts.com/
https://www.facebook.com/GAThunderbolts/
https://twitter.com/GAThunderbolts
https://www.instagram.com/gathunderbolts/
https://www.tiktok.com/@gathunderbolts
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJf6atP6Z_MsR7rSBoKzXA

 

 

 

 

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