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Hey Negrita fourth album, 'Burn The Whole Place Down'

Hey Negrita release unplugged fourth album, Burn The Whole Place Down – A Real Live Acoustic Smoke Out.

Transatlantic country folk band Hey Negrita release their fourth studio album; a stripped-down, unplugged, melody-enriched twelve track acoustic album.

To record Burn The Whole Place Down, Hey Negrita purposely decided to switch off their amps, pair down the drums and step away from their raucous live sound.  The idea behind the album was to see how many songs they could record in one five hour session, without overdubs or edits.  The result is a beautiful country folk album akin to the very best Mtv ‘unplugged’ performances.

Singer-songwriter Felix Bechtolsheimer explains: “We put down our electric guitars, turned off the amps and stripped back the drums.  We just sat, in a circle, and put some microphones up. We didn’t even bother with headphones.  We wanted to capture the raw energy of one of our live performances while preserving the intimacy of how we sound when we’re jamming in the kitchen.”

But anyone who has recently witnessed a Hey Negrita live performance should be aware this album may be their most diverse to date, but it is also sees Hey Negrita in a much more relaxed, quieter mood; a sound that allows the melody and lyrical content to filter through in a stronger way than during their powerful live shows.

The Burn The Whole Place Down album sound is somewhere between the sound of Gaslight Anthem and Bob Dylan and includes the singles One Mississippi and the title track, Burn The Whole Place Down.

Hey Negrita Burn The Whole Place Down – A Real Live Acoustic Smoke Out is now available on Fat Fox Records.

1. Burn The Whole Place Down
2. Room Service
3. One Mississippi
4. Rope
5. Here I Come
6. Cold
7. Nine To Five
8. Can’t Walk Away
9. Devil In My Shoes
10. Kathmandu
11. Lay Me Down
12. Fishin’

For more information visit www.myspace.com/heynegrita