{"id":2401566,"date":"2026-05-04T14:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2401566"},"modified":"2026-05-04T14:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:56:10","slug":"the-brook-the-bluff-howls-on-new-album-werewolf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-brook-the-bluff-howls-on-new-album-werewolf\/","title":{"rendered":"The Brook &#038; The Bluff Howls on New Album Werewolf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNashville&#8217;s the Brook &amp; the Bluff go retro rock on new album.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"article-thumbnail-credit\"><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy the Brook &amp; the Bluff<\/p>\n<p><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brookandbluff.com\/\">The Brook &amp; The Bluff<\/a> went a little Ozzy Osbourne and barked at the moon on its newly released album, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/4LeD15SToHkoWTYGiVgFRQ?si=qmAj2qCQTUe1kfxeYm2lvA\"><em>Werewolf<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been making everyone do a wolf call,\u201d says vocalist-guitarist Joseph Settine.<\/p>\n<p>The Nashville indie group felt that rock needed a little shot in the arm, so pulled from more old-school influences while recording its fifth record. It was also laid down live, something the four-piece hadn\u2019t attempted before, but felt right given the raw edge of the album. And ten years in, it\u2019s exactly what Settine, guitarist Alec Bolton, drummer John Canada and keys player Kevin Canada needed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just wanted to get back to finding ourselves as a band and group and do we want,\u201d Settine shares. \u201cWe were all just listening to a bunch of classic rock at the time. It felt like the right direction to go. It felt natural for us to take that step.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"vmg-newsletter-form\">\n<div class=\"vmg-newsletter-form__container\">\n<div class=\"vmg-newsletter-form__form-wrapper vmg-newsletter-form__step1\" id=\"vmg-newsletter-step1\">\n<div class=\"vmg-newsletter-form__form-wrapper-inner\">\n<p>Sign up for the Music newsletter to get the latest stories delivered to your inbox<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vmg-newsletter-form__success hidden\" id=\"vmg-newsletter-success\">\n<div class=\"vmg-newsletter-form__success-content\">\n<h3>THANK YOU!<\/h3>\n<p>You&#8217;re all set.<\/p>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"vmg-newsletter-form__close-btn\" id=\"vmg-close-success\"><br \/>CLOSE\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rock has always been in the Brook &amp; The Bluff\u2019s DNA. On <em>Werewolf<\/em>, it bares its teeth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were listening to Tom Petty a bunch and Creedence. We wanted to have a title that felt like if you were sitting down listening to a bunch of classic albums, that <em>Werewolf <\/em>could slide right in in sound and title,\u201d Settine adds, explaining that the title track had already been written before it became the official banner. \u201cNot that\u2019s it\u2019s an album that\u2019s on any of these levels, but if you were sitting down listening to <em>Rumours<\/em> or <em>Abbey Road<\/em> or <em>The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust<\/em>, those titles all sound epic, and we wanted something that sounded the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Settine\u2019s being humble about the ten songs the band composed into its refreshing modern rock full-length. While it sounds familiar, <em>Werewolf<\/em> tackles current topics, including toxic masculinity, ego and male fragility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe general feeling of, like, dudes kind of suck sometimes,\u201d he says, referring to single <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/2bv97QPYMem2jezgrcrKbk?si=41fe8d57027a4169\">\u201cSuper Bowl Sunday.\u201d<\/a> \u201cIt\u2019s like, guys will do anything but face the thing that they need to face right in front of them \u2014 like, \u2018But the game\u2019s on.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"768\" width=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.westword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/The-Brook-the-BLuff-pic-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40879778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/The-Brook-the-BLuff-pic-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.westword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/The-Brook-the-BLuff-pic-1.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.westword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/The-Brook-the-BLuff-pic-1.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/www.westword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/The-Brook-the-BLuff-pic-1.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/www.westword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/The-Brook-the-BLuff-pic-1.jpg?resize=1536,1152 1536w, https:\/\/www.westword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/The-Brook-the-BLuff-pic-1.jpg?resize=907,680 907w, https:\/\/www.westword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/The-Brook-the-BLuff-pic-1.jpg?resize=660,495 660w, https:\/\/www.westword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/The-Brook-the-BLuff-pic-1.jpg?resize=400,300 400w, https:\/\/www.westword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/The-Brook-the-BLuff-pic-1.jpg?resize=550,413 550w, https:\/\/www.westword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/The-Brook-the-BLuff-pic-1.jpg?resize=800,600 800w, https:\/\/www.westword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/The-Brook-the-BLuff-pic-1.jpg?resize=1200,900 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The band shows off its infectious sonic bite live.<\/p>\n<div class=\"vmg-image-credit\">\n<p>Courtesy the Brook &amp; the Bluff<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He admits it\u2019s more introspective than outwardly projecting, as Settine did some soul-searching after a long-term relationship dissolved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy life changed a lot. I think whenever you have a big change like that, and your life becomes completely different from what you imagined it would be, it\u2019s natural to reflect and look at where you were then and what you went through and how you feel about it on the other side and what you\u2019ve grown from,\u201d he says. \u201cThere\u2019s definitely that element of transformation and growth and trying to always evolve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So Werewolf works perfectly, in that sense. Plus, the first two singles \u2014 \u201cSuper Bowl Sunday\u201d and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/1DOpHL5UfRGYlj0KnqKqCW?si=f868aea42a844821\">\u201cBaby Blue\u201d<\/a> \u2014 came out on full moons. Now on tour, the Brook &amp; the Bluff is howling across the country. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are already knowing the lyrics. It\u2019s hitting home in a good way,\u201d Settine says. \u201cIt\u2019s always good to know. I think everyone always get to points where they feel alone or the only person who\u2019s ever done this, then you realize, no, people have been around for a long time, it\u2019s hard to come up with a unique scenario.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s part of the reason why he considers the sets they\u2019ve been playing on this current run their strongest yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt flies by, in a good way. The songs play themselves. It\u2019s felt that way the whole time,\u201d Settine concludes. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to keep this <em>Werewolf<\/em> train rolling. Maybe we need to look at the cycle.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.westword.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nashville&#8217;s the Brook &amp; the Bluff go retro rock on new album. 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