''Heathen Songs'' is the debut album from

The Kill Devil Hills The Kill Devil Hills are an Australian acoustic, country-tinged rock band formed in 2003 in Fremantle by founding mainstays Brendan Humphries and Steve Joines. They have released four studio albums, ''Heathen Songs'' (August 2004), ''The Dro ...

, released in August 2004 and nationally on 7 February 2005 on the independent label Torn and Frayed and distributed by

Reverberation Records Reverberation is an Australian independent record label distributor. It helps distribute records from independent overseas records labels such as Alternative Tentacles and Eyeball Records, and also for small record labels such as Love Police Re ...

. The album was reissued by

Shock Records Shock Records (now part of Shock Entertainment) is an Australian independent record label. History The three founding members had all previously worked in music retail or distribution: Williams for a Melbourne distribution company called "Musi ...

on 11 June 2007. The album was recorded, mixed and co-produced by Simon Struthers ( Adam Said Galore).

Track listing

#"Changin' the Weather" - 5:05 # "Gunslinger" - 4:13 # "Angry Town" - 6:20 # "The Heathen Song" - 4:22 # "The People Stain" - 3:24 # "Drinking Too Much" - 3:58 # "6=5" - 5:02 # "Tryin' To Forget About You" - 4:51 # "Brown Skin" - 4:24 # "Kill Devil Hills" - 3:44 # "Changin' the Weather (reprise)" - 3:18

Personnel

Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar – Steve Joines
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Drums, Percussion, Xylophone – Steve Gibson
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Steel Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Piano – Brendon Humphries
Vocals, Harmonica, Piano, Organ, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar –

Michael de Grussa Michael de Grussa (born 27 May 1982, in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian singer/songwriter. Career In 2003 joined the original line up of Perth Band The Kill Devil Hills and release the album Heathen Songs later that year, In 2005 ...

Double Bass – Justin Castley
Violin, Clarinet, Slide Guitar – Alex Archer
Guitar – Robin Mavrick
Backing Vocals – Selk Hastings

Mastered By – Jeremy Allom
Producer – Simon Struthers, The Kill Devil Hills
Recorded By, Mixed By – Simon Struthers

Reviews

Bang! Records

Musicwire review
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