In case ya didn't know, former Little Grizzly frontman George Neal is writin' and singin' with a new band, the Slow Burners. They've been playing around Denton a little, and I was lucky enough to catch a blistering set a couple of months back in J&Js' basement. The group -- consisting of Neal, Grady Sandlin, Clint Hoyler, Jeff Gruber and Ryan Thomas Becker -- has a love for experimentin', and tries to make each new song different than the others in style and influence.

"This band is a culmination of things I've been doing all my life," Neal said today in a phone chat. "I've been in an Irish folk band, a punk band, country bands, even a ska band. This is my chance to throw it all together."

"It's a fun, explorative process."

The track you're gonna hear, "Returning to the Air," will be on the band's forthcoming full-length CD, but is also the title track of a teaser EP released last week. You can get that on the band's Myspace and at Recycled in Denton.

Of "Returning," Neal says, "It's a strong song, and a good representation of what the band does. It's a calling card for what's to come on the album, and we're all really, sort of intensely proud of it."

The Slow Burners, "Returning to the Air":

The Burners' next confirmed show is June 20 at J&Js, but they're trying to nail down a couple of dates before that at Barley House. I shall let you know.

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