Music pretty much makes the world go 'round, so any opportunity we get to capture musicians in their element, we are there. This past December, we had the pleasure of shooting for Atlas Road Crew at Music Farm, and it was a fan-fucking-tastic show. Lucky for us, we get to shoot for these guys again for album their release show. Check out their new album Halfway to Hopkins (listen below), get pumped up because of how awesome it is, and then get your booty to the show this Friday night 3/20 at Music Farm in Charleston, SC. Balloons, inflatable sharks and rock 'n roll. Need we say more?

Halfway to Hopkins is a sonic blast from start to finish, bringing swampy southern accents to fresh, contemporary tunes. The title refers to a small community outside Columbia where the band lived for several years after graduating from the nearby University of South Carolina. “That house, which was halfway between Columbia and Hopkins on the southeast side of town, was where we really began to come together,” Says Drohan. “We knew then we wanted to become more than just another bar band.” The result is an album that tackles the identity crisis of the average twenty-something on multiple levels in songs such as “Black Eye Sunrise,” which on the surface may be about a buzz gone wrong but also speaks to a life in transition. Slow-building dynamics, anthemic organ and ringing guitars support Taylor Nicholson's impassioned vocals; when he sings “Please don't forget me when I'm gone” there's little chance of the hook, or the band, leaving the listener's mind any time soon.