Writing A New Song

While all the rocks have been turned hundreds of times and the melodies have become inverted to a fray, music still creates the freedom, expression, and escape that makes our world continue to search for innovation. From a man who originally set out to play jazz guitar, Scott Low quit it all for the song. And this Friday, Low’s band Efren will play a show at Fiery Ron’s Home Team BBQ in support of its new album Write A New Song.
After producing three previous independent records, a new electric sound has come with Write A New Song. The album, which is equal parts rock, Americana, folk, country, and psychedelic, was recorded at the classic southern studio of Full Moon Studios in Watkinsville, Ga. Following a sudden marital split and with a dozen songs written to release the energy of the present and past, Efren created a whiskey drenched, bar floor stomping record.
With a gruff voice and thick guitars, the band has pulled from local heroes the Drive-by Truckers, Drivin’ n’ Cryin’, Dead Confederate, and Futurebirds, along with the southern chorus’ of Lucero and Lambchop. The title track “Write a New Song” brings a thick chorus sung with the help of Athens darling Betsy Franck and Jonathan Brill.
“Been living like I’m in a country song, lost and lonely way too far gone.”
A year after a sudden divorce Scott Low donned a big red electric guitar and wrote to the angst and hurt, then decided to turn it up and feel the music physically, even harder. With no plans to slow down, Efren continues to find new bars, stages, and songs to record. Low and his bandmates feel like they have just begun to find their sound. The family changes, new love, growing children, bourbon nights and country sights all fuel the band to new sounds, which make their live shows even more dynamic.
 
This Friday, July 26, Efren plays Fiery Ron’s Home Team BBQ, located at 1205 Ashley River Road. For more information, call 843-225-7427 or visit www.hometeambbq.com.