#folkpunk

The best diver in Southland (banjo song)

but at least it means i can trust my gf when she says she 'likes my new song,' that she truly understands my artistic direction in the style of folk punk and how i differ from it but draw from it all the same.

like horray! my music isnt torture! only my bubblegum pop music taste is torture.

The new album it's coming

Ahead of the new album on Friday, "Timbre Inaudible” makes it abundantly clear that MoragnEve Swain’s personal grief remains an active driving force.

Providence RI’s The Huntress and Holder of Hands phoenixed from the loss of songwriter MorganEve Swain’s husband and musical partner, Dave Lamb, with the two once turning heads as the duo Brown Bird. Since Lamb’s passing in 2014, The Huntress and Holder of Hands has since evolved to encompass the anger, hope, despair and compassion of the greater good. Grief, after all, when shared, becomes a unifying force.

Ten years after the band’s debut album, Avalon, and with MorganEve now also a full-time member of DIY Americana/old time/punk outfit The Devil Makes Three, The Huntress and Holder of Hands returns with Babylon, which will be released June 5th 2026. As the title suggests, the collection grapples with corruption, confusion and violence but also redemption, hope, and sanctuary.

Ahead of the album's release, the band shares the new single "Timbre Inaudible." On the track, it is abundantly clear that Swain’s personal grief remains an active driving force.

The band features Swain’s cousin Matt Swain (Two Feet) on drums, as well as Death Vessel’s Joel Thibedau and Penn Sultan (Museum Legs, Last Good Tooth) on percussion and atmosphere, Christopher Sadlers on bass, as well as Liz Isenberg and Emily Dix Thomas on cello and string bass. It's all tied together throughout with electric guitar, violin and vocal lead by MorganEve Swain.

Hold fast, keep steady

Tour:

have the album fully memorised so far still lets gooo