No Help Coming

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No Help Coming is the fourth full-length release by Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs, and the latest of nearly 30 albums on which the veteran indie icon is featured. But shes quick to dismiss any suggestion that shes refined her approach during her 20 years as a recording artist.

Indeed, as much as her work has evolved over the years, the London-born, Georgia-based singer/guitarist has maintained a fierce fidelity to the same raw DIY musical principles that first established her as a seminal influence upon multiple generations of garage combos and lo-fi artists. Her current outfit, Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs, is a stripped-down duo that teams her with Texas-bred multi-instrumentalist and longtime collaborator Lawyer Dave, who contributes guitar, drums and backing vocals.

On No Help Coming, Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs continue to make music thats spare and earthy yet unfailingly tuneful, drawing upon gritty blues, country and rockabilly influences while maintaining an unmistakable personal resonance. As commented, Golightlys songs are so fresh and timeless they could have been recorded yesterday or 40 years ago.

The new 12-song set, recorded in the twosomes adopted home state of Georgia, features such notable originals as The Rest of Your Life, Youre Under Arrest Get Out of My House and the swaggering title track, which pack as much of a musical and emotional punch as anything theyve recorded. No Help Coming also continues Golightlys longstanding tradition of putting her stamp on unexpected cover material, with personalized readings of country legend Bill Andersons The Lord Knows Were Drinking, the mysterious Mr. Undertakers 1955 rhythm-and-blues cult classic Here Lies My Love, and Wendell Austins vintage psycho-country epic L.S.D. Made a Wreck of Me. The last tune features an appropriately impassioned lead vocal by Lawyer Dave.

Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs 2007 debut album You Cant Buy a Gun When Youre Crying won considerable attention from critics and fans alike. The pair continued to expand their audience with 2008s acclaimed Dirt Dont Hurt, their first release on the Transdreamer label. It was followed by the similarly well-received EP Devil Do and album Medicine County, released in 2009 and 2010, respectively.