Everywhere the Devil traveled, the greatest music was born; so consistent is the history that it’s worth wondering if the Devil had a hand in the start of the very first heartbeat... The Once Hollow traces those lines from the Tangos of Argentina, to the early Jazz of New Orleans, to the gritty Rock and Roll and Punk Rock of New York City.

With the release of CEMETERY VARIATIONS, The Once Hollow delivers hard-luck stories of corruption, crime, and murder, all with a distinctive growl, like an illegitimate heir to the shadow throne of Tom Waits. Accompanied by the wild syncopation of an odd orchestra of instruments—piano, double bass, trumpet, prepared marimba, banjo, and kitchen percussion—The Once Hollow sets a perfect atmosphere to the dark narratives he tells.

On Whiskey-Haunted Hollow, we meet an over-worked Devil in a dive bar, burnt out from all the unscrupulous priest and politicians, the average people equally enthralled and afraid of the homicides just outside their homes, the bad poetry… On Sadie Grey we meet a wild old woman who walks away from Heaven to have a better time Below. On Feathers and Rope, a deadbeat dad goes missing for the better. On Mama, twins born in a prison cell, follow their mother’s footsteps into a life of crime. And on Cemetery Variations, we come full circle to a murder and ultimately to the place we all will meet… Each song, a dark and desperate tale of the simple, difficult lives all around us, is thrown in front of the footlights of this unique, theatrical recording, and introduces an unconventional, gravely needed new voice to the music world.