Honeybrowne
Something to Believe In makes a fitting title for the debut Compadre Records release from Honeybrowne. The Austin, Texas-based band has a knack for transforming listeners into believers in much the same way that a love of music led hardcore fan Fred Andrews, Honeybrowne's singer and primary songwriter, into stepping onstage and eventually leading one of the fastest-rising acts on the Texas music circuit.
For Andrews, it's all about giving back to others what music has given him. "I want people to feel the emotions that hearing great music brings out in me," he explains. And such evocative sounds can be found throughout Something to Believe In, produced by Austin underground studio powerhouse Mark Addison, whose credits include lauded albums for Ian Moore, Guy Forsyth, Will Sexton and work with a host of other notables.
Debuting on CD in 2001 with Finding Shade, produced by former Loggins & Messina drummer Merel Bregante, Honeybrowne won airplay on Houston's KIKK radio and other stations across the Lone Star State with songs like "Texas Angel" and "Deeper Shade of Blue." Live at The Fabulous Satellite Lounge captured the infectious Honeybrowne concert experience, and another studio set, Good For Nuthin', refined the group's sound.
For Andrews, it's all been a matter of growing up in public as, with each album and every show, he has striven to create the best music he can. "I think a lot of bands do their learning in the garage or the rehearsal hall. I've done a lot of my learning in front of people - on the road, on CDs."
Experience has proven to be the best teacher. Honeybrowne plays three to four nights a week to enthusiastic crowds in both country and rock venues in the Lone Star State and beyond. And now, with Something to Believe In, "we have an album that we are very proud of," Andrews says.
"I just want to make music that's real," Andrews says. "We play from the heart, sing from the heart, write from the heart. It's just honest, good music." Or in other words, the music of Honeybrowne is Something to Believe In.