Underhill Rose set to release new album Something Real May 31 Fans provide funding for Heartfelt Country Soul trio's sophomore album ASHEVILLE, NC - May 2, 2013 - Underhill Rose, the female trio known for impeccable harmonies and an ability to blend bluegrass, Americana, blues and soul into it's trademarked heartfelt country soul sound, will launch it's sophomore album, Something Real, Friday, May 31. Something Real includes 13 tracks, with each member writing at least two songs, and features the familiar harmonies Underhill Rose has become known for, now filled out with a third female voice. Recorded in the famed Echo Mountain Recording Studio and with Black Lillies' frontman Cruz Contreras' serving as producer, the release features nine Asheville area musicians in addition to the ladies. The band recorded Something Real using money raised through a successful crowd-funding campaign, which generated donations from over 300 people. Following the 38-day push, the group had met 120 percent of the $15,000 goal. This album is everything we hoped it would be and more, said Eleanor Underhill. We had a phenomenal producer and recording team, in a beautiful studio which allowed us to make an album that truly represents us. I can't say enough about the team, guest musicians and the product that came out of that magical time. Prolific is the only word that sums up the music on Something Real. Harmonies lay the groundwork for the sound of the new record, but the group makes a concerted effort to feature a single lead vocalist on nearly every track, with one exception. All three women contributed to the upbeat, campy tune Never Gonna Work Out. The track has been a staple in the trinity's stage show over the past year and is the lone album track in which the band members are the only musicians. Underhill and Rose trade-off lead vocals, and Williamson fronts a verse for the first time, singing to a man who lost his chance with her. We really tried to showcase all of our talents with this one, said Molly Rose. From the writing to the vocals, our instrumentality to, in Salley's case, tap-dancing, we wanted this album to be a true reflection of our band and the music we make. The result was better than I had ever dreamed and the credit goes to the fans. Without them, we could have never done this. Underhill's writing prowess is the sole power behind seven of the songs, with five featuring her smoky, sultry vocals. As she demonstrated in the band's debut album, her music is a time capsule of her life. From love found, in the bluesy ballad Sublime Charm and the swamp-country rocker I Wanna Love You, to love lost, in the country tinged Unused to You, it's evident that the pointed lyrics are meant for someone in particular. Helpless Wanderer and Bare Little Rooms are two rather upbeat bluegrass-based tunes that really speak to her uncertainty, while serving as two of the best examples of the group's harmonizing power. MORE Rose takes center stage as lead vocalist for the bulk of the collaboration, and her sound has never been more Americana than it is on the title track, Something Real. As in previous partnerships, Underhill wrote this song with Rose's voice in mind, and that search for something real might just be the music that results from these two ladies' partnership. White Rose follows the same formula, and is reminiscent of the country rock another Carolina band, The Marshall Tucker Band, patented. An autobiographical tune, Little House is Rose's first writing credit on the release, and she summons the soaring strength of her voice and pairs it with a foot tappin' chorus. The song is also the most prominent example of Williamson's third harmony. The definition of country soul cries through in the storytelling ballad Drives Me To Drinking. The choruses close like a 1960s Motown hit, and joining the harmonies with an organ, you can easily pickup on the influence church singing had on Rose. The most pleasantly surprising track Rose brings to the mix is the ragtime-esque The End of 27, which l
