WHITE HAT

Big Harp is the by-product of a three-year whirlwind for husband-and-wife duo Chris Senseney?(vocals, guitar, keyboards) and Stefanie Drootin-Senseney (bass, backing vocals). In those?three years a boy from the western Nebraska cow town of Valentine (pop. 2,800) and a girl?born and raised in Los Angeles (pop. 8,000,000)...?Met.?Fell in love.?Made a baby boy.?Got married.?Made a baby girl.?Started a band.?The end result is White Hat, the debut full-length for Omaha's Saddle Creek. The songs range?from gun-in-her-garter saloon narratives and paranoid soul struts to intimate ballads of quiet?resignation and open-hearted love songs. The recordings are raw and un-fussed over, with?the spirited energy and honest emotion of live performance. Drawing from the classic country?and folk of Senseney's childhood and anchored by Drootin's rock-solid rhythms and indie-punk?roots, White Hat contains echoes of artists from Townes Van Zandt to Nick Cave, Willie Nelson?to Captain Beefheart.?Fitting for a couple in no?rush to slow down, White?Hat was recorded at LA's?Nightingale studios in?a mere three days. Rilo?Kiley bassist Pierre?de Reeder recorded?the album and drums?were handled by Chris?Phillips.?While currently based?in Los Angeles, the pair?have long connections?to Omaha. Drootin, a?member of The Good?Life, has toured and?recorded with acts such as Bright Eyes, She & Him and Azure Ray. It was actually on a tour?with The Good Life that she was swept off her feet by the handsome guitarist in the opening?band, Art in Manila. Drootin is also the founder of Omaha Girls Rock!, a rock 'n' roll camp for?girls that opens its doors in July 2011.?White Hat will be released September 13 on Saddle Creek. The band is ready to rev up the?minivan and hit the trail this fall, kids and trailer in tow.??Track Listing ?01 Nadine 3:47?02 Everybody Pays 3:15?03 Goodbye Crazy City 4:26?04 Steady Hand Behind the Wheel 3:04?05 All Bets Are Off 3:14?06 Some Old World I Used To Know 3:36?07 Here's Hoping 3:43?08 Let Me Lend My Shoulder 2:33?09 White Hat 2:14?10 Out in the Field 5:00?11 Oh Nadine 2:57