Adam Hattaway and the Haunters - Rooster (2021)

Recorded at Sublime Studios over four long days and weighing in at 22 tracks heavy, Adam Hattaway And The Haunters' bluesy new double album Rooster is a magnificent country beast. Out today on all the usual streaming places just eight months after the Ōtautahi outfit shared their third album Woolston, Texas, Rooster is something of a response and antidote to a far longer than desired release schedule last time around, as well as a way to catch up with their own songwriting speed. As is the case with all good country albums, every track on Rooster comes with a story - there's the improvisational session with Delaney Davidson that birthed 'Riding The River', a day spent searching and failing to find an old friend's grave, leading to the penning of 'Bring My Body Back Home', then there's the four odd tracks that came to Hattaway in his dreams. Read all about those tales and more in our exclusive Rooster track by track below - you'll surely find a talking point or two to strike up conversation when you see Hattaway and his Haunters on their nationwide tour this summer...