Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs Go Off The Grid For New Album "Medicine County"

posted January 20, 2010

Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs Go Off The Grid For New Album "Medicine County"

She may be considered the "U.K. garage-rock queen" (SPIN), but Holly Golightly has always embraced the sounds of the American south. She followed that muse to the dry, rural county of Madison, Georgia, where now she lives on a farm raising horses, chickens, and the curiosity of her neighbors. Golightly and The Brokeoffs (a.k.a. one-man band and frequent Golightly collaborator Lawyer Dave) recorded their new album "Medicine County" (out March 30th from Transdreamer Records) in an abandoned, recently foreclosed upon church nearby.

"Medicine County" features twelve new recordings, including eight originals by Golightly and The Brokeoffs, alongside traditional numbers like "Blood on the Saddle" and "Jack O'Diamonds."

The Washington Post has noted that Holly Golightly "can make you believe in past lives" and she's lived a few of her own. While Amy Winehouse and Duffy were in grade school, Golightly was fronting girl-group revival harbingers Thee Headcoatees. More recently she has collaborated with groups like The White Stripes and Mudhoney, and in 2005, two of her recordings were featured prominently in the acclaimed Jim Jarmusch film 'Broken Flowers.' Since 2007, she has performed with The Brokeoffs, a partnership Pitchfork calls "heartily ramshackle," and American Songwriter magazine has hailed as "genuine, inspired and soulful."

Holly Golightly and The Brokeoffs plan an extensive US tour this spring in support of "Medicine County." Stay tuned for updates.

Holly Golightly

'Medicine County'
Transdreamer Records
U.S. Street Date: March 30

  1. Forget It
  2. Two Left Feet
  3. Medicine County
  4. Can't Lose
  5. Murder In My Mind
  6. Blood On The Saddle
  7. When He Comes
  8. Escalator
  9. Eyes In the Back of My Head
  10. Dearly Departed
  11. Don't Fail Me Now
  12. Jack O'Diamonds