Paige Williams
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Treaty Oak Revival couldn’t contain their excitement that their third studio album, West Texas Degenerate, was available for streaming.
In a message on social media, they said, “It’s finally fuckin’ here! Two years in the making and it’s been hard as shit to keep it from y’all for this long! We hope you like it. This one is for the folks back home, where we came from, and all you crazy ass degenerates who got us here! Thanks for believing in some band from Odessa, TX. Fuckin love y’all.”
Treaty Oak Revival’s West Texas Degenerate Is Out Now
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The 14-track album, released independently, features plenty of crowd-surfing and beer-hurling anthems to sing along to, led by “West Texas Degenerate” and “Shit Hill.” The band comes from a place where drinking and partying were the norm. However, this album is about showcasing growth and what it means to them, tackling previously unexplored topics such as overcoming addiction and finding love.
The band consists of Sam Canty on lead vocals, Jeremiah Vanley on lead guitar, Lance Vanley on rhythm guitar, Cody Holloway on drums and Dakota Hernandez on bass. Canty described the process of making it to the Observer, saying, “Those people who are out there busting their ass, working in oil and gas or whatever it is they’re doing their day to day out there in West Texas. We kind of wanted to make something for the boys and girls back home to be proud of.”
There’s plenty to enjoy. Whether it’s co-writing with cool friends like William Clark Green, Gannon Fremin and Gary Stanton of Muscadine, Treaty Oak Revival made an album with blistering honesty and genre-blending grit, telling stories of those who rarely get sung about.
“That’s always what we’ve wanted to do, is make our own music, real music that helps people and that people enjoy,” Canty tells the Observer. “That our friends and family can enjoy.”
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