A Miss TLC New Artist Alert: honeyhoney

A while back I had the pleasure of attending an intimate spotlight show for an up-and-coming previously-indie artist, honeyhoney. I was pleased to see when I arrived that (1) the band seemed personable, stylish, and laidback; (2) the lead singer was the only female and very attractive; and (3) that amongst the standard instruments, a violin and banjo sat by the lead singer's feet. [Sidenote, I found out afterwards that the only true members of the band are the aforementioned lead female singer, Suzanne Santo, and the guitarist, Ben Jaffe. The others were their backing musicians.]

By the second song, they had me. Their sound can probably be described best as folksy, bluesy, indie rock. It's sexy and it jams and it's relatable. Andddd they have Keifer Sutherland behind them. Yep. The man of "24" fame. Keifer and his business partner Judd have a production company called Ironworks Music, and apparently they financed honeyhoney's previous EP release and signed them to a furnishing deal. Even more interesting is that Keifer directed the video (and starred in it as well) for their lead single "Little Toy Gun". I LOVE THIS SONG (in addition to a few others that they performed live at that same show I attended months back). Thankfully, all of those gems are on their new full-length disc, "First Rodeo", which was released on November 4th.

You can watch their Keifer Sutherland-directed video (in which he also makes an appearance) below:



You can buy the full-length album here.

Standouts: "Little Toy Gun" and "Give Yourself To Me"