Lenia’s choice 14/4/2012

Official music video for “Hold On” − the first single off Alabama Shakes’ debut record “Boys and Girls”.

“‘Boys And Girls’” is a wild album, an honest collection visibly drenched in blood, sweat and tears.
prettymuchamazing.com

“Their songs suggest that sweet period from 1966 to 1974 when electric blues and rock music were intermingling: the Rolling Stones circa ‘Let It Bleed’, Janis Joplin at her 1968 peak and Otis Redding and the classic Stax Records house band on ‘Heartbreaker’”.
Los Angeles Times

“On the irresistible ‘Hold On’, Heath Fogg’s guitar lines slither around the groove like a predatory alligator sneaking through the bayou”.
The Independent

“If Alabama Shakes aren’t the feel-good hit of the summer festivals, this writer [Martin Aston] will eat his flat cap”.
http://www.bbc.co.uk