Magik Sounds of the Pine Hill Haints [LP]

Alabama-based family band Pine Hill Haints quietly toiled away at their own breed of ghostly hootenanny sounds, churning out records and touring ceaselessly since their inception in the late `90's, developing an especially haunted take on Southern roots music that included notes of rockabilly, honky tonk, and traditional bluegrass, all filtered through an especially eerie punk lens. The Magik Sounds of the Pine Hill Haints is the band's fourth album for legendary D.I.Y. label K Records, but one of many albums they've released with various labels over the years. While many of their albums fall into a similar groove of bluegrass stompers, graveyard dirges, and a slightly twisted look at old-timey music, The Magik Sounds fully investigates all of the Haints' various sonic avenues, offering a more high definition sound and some of the more infectious tunes the band has mustered. Opening with the rumbling washtub bass and singing saw creepiness of "Ms. Pac Man," the band quickly sets the to