Here's our bio from the press kit: Heartfelt lyrics, loud guitars, and tons of hooks. These things always make for great rock music. But the holleycarbines add one more ingredient to the mix, and that's what makes them unique. “It’s that sound you here in great old songs by guys like Buddy Holly,” says vocalist/guitarist Matthew Pettus. “I guess you could call it twang. What we’ve done is to blend that sound with modern rock.” The holleycarbines have been playing their unique brand of Americana guitar-based pop/rock at festivals and university gigs, etc. for a few years now. Recent shows have included Joe Davis Stadium in Huntsville and Faulkner University in Montgomery. The band has earned quite a reputation for high-energy sweat-drenched performances. “We give you everything we have when you come to a holleycarbines show,” says guitarist Jay Skipworth. “I think that’s why some people want to label us as emo,” says bassist Shannon Partrick. “It’s the energy and emotion that we play with, not that we sound that much like the Get Up Kids or anything (although we do love bands like that.).” The holleycarbines’ songs are definitely emotional. The lyrical content is often alarmingly painful. But the musicfeaturing a driving mix of electric and acoustic guitarsis music you want to blast out of your car windows screaming down the freeway on a summer day. The band has released a full-length CD entitled Glide Down Over Earth, which is available for preview and purchase on CDBaby.com. In fact, the CD was named a CDBaby’s Editor’s Pick for the Power Pop and Americana genres and copies of the CD have been ordered by customer’s from all over the US as well as Great Britain, Spain, Italy, Germany, and Japan. With a unique, yet accessible sound and a killer live show, the holleycarbines are rapidly making a name for themselves on the national scene.