St. Paul & The Broken Bones

“Sea of Noise” (2016), the second full-length album by St. Paul and the Broken Bones, marks a quantum leap in sound and style for the high-voltage Birmingham, Alabama-based band.
The group’s sophomore effort features an expanded eight-piece lineup of the widely praised soul based rock unit. Longtime members Paul Janeway (lead vocals), Jesse Phillips (bass, guitar), Browan Lollar (guitars), Andrew Lee (drums), Al Gamble (keyboards), and Allen
Branstetter (trumpet) are joined by Jason Mingledorff (saxophone, clarinet, flute), and
Chad Fisher (trombone).

The collection of new original songs is the group’s successor to the Broken Bones’ 2013 debut album “Half the City,” which introduced the group’s blazing mating of ‘60s soul fire – daubed with latter-day influences like Sly Stone, David Bowie, and Prince — to Janeway’s impassioned singing and writing. The new album witnesses a deepening and broadening of the unit’s musical reach and lyrical concerns.

St. Paul and the Broken Bones, which toured extensively in the U.S. and Europe behind their debut album, is taking their take-no-prisoners live show on the road. Their most recent concert work included arena dates opening for the Rolling Stones in Atlanta and Buffalo. Some acts may have been daunted by such a task, but not this one.