Homewrecker

As a weather pattern forms its shape and sound out of the unknown and invisible into something tangible and rare, so does the dirty blues force LITTLE HURRICANE. This storm began when San Diego’s CC hung up her chef knives for drumsticks and turned to Craigslist for collaborators. Tone, a songwriter and audiophile from Santa Cruz could see something different in her drumming and energy. Together they began their musical outlet crafting songs in CC’s living room that within months thousands would relate to and appreciate. LITTLE HURRICANE’s dirty blues sound has graced stages all across Amreica, from dust-kicking festival crowds at Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits to more intimate, buzz-stirring residencies in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Santa Cruz. That’s when the band’s raw power truly kicks in—when you’re in their sights and they’ve got every last amp cranked alongside shabby thrift store finds and moody lights. Staying true to the living room vibe, LITTLE HURRICANE set the stage with vintage furniture (complete with built-in speakers), microphones, instruments and lamps. You can almost feel the warmth from the tubes emanating from the ratty old suitcase guitar amps. Their equipment’s expanded in the many months since - CC even started singing alongside spare bursts of mandolin and harmonica - but the San Diego duo’s bruised sound is still rooted in restless rhythms and heated hooks on their self-released debut album, Homewrecker. That goes for everything from the seamless call-and-response choruses and windswept strings of 'Give 'em Hell' to the curlicue chords and doomsayer drums of 'Crocodile Tears.' And then there’s 'Haunted Heart,' a single that’s already landed on modern rock stations and Gossip Girl telling a story of love from beyond the grave.