The Molenes forge hard-twang melodies and driving steam-train rhythms into compelling songs that have been firing up the stages of the Northeast's burgeoning Americana/Alt-Country scene since the band's inception in 2005. Evoking the burnished lyricism of Son Volt, the organic atmospherics of Wilco, and the rootsy swagger of Steve Earle, The Molenes' second album, Songs of Sin and Redemption, takes the listener on a tour through both the dark and light sides of the American experience...